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Opera Composers and Their Masterpieces - TSV

Opera Composers and Their Masterpieces is a comprehensive list of renowned composers who established traditions in Italian, German, and French opera, along with their representative works. It introduces timeless masterpieces and their creators, including Verdi, Puccini, Mozart, and Wagner, whose works continue to be performed worldwide.

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code	slug	name	description	nationality	period	representativeWorks
01	giuseppe-verdi	Giuseppe Verdi	The master of Italian opera, beloved worldwide for his human dramas and beautiful melodies.	Italy	1813-1901	[{"ja":"椿姫","en":"La Traviata","year":"1853"},{"ja":"アイーダ","en":"Aida","year":"1871"},{"ja":"リゴレット","en":"Rigoletto","year":"1851"},{"ja":"ナブッコ","en":"Nabucco","year":"1842"},{"ja":"オテロ","en":"Otello","year":"1887"},{"ja":"ファルスタッフ","en":"Falstaff","year":"1893"}]
02	giacomo-puccini	Giacomo Puccini	Representative of verismo opera, known for poignant tales of love and death.	Italy	1858-1924	[{"ja":"ラ・ボエーム","en":"La Bohème","year":"1896"},{"ja":"トスカ","en":"Tosca","year":"1900"},{"ja":"蝶々夫人","en":"Madama Butterfly","year":"1904"},{"ja":"トゥーランドット","en":"Turandot","year":"1926"},{"ja":"ジャンニ・スキッキ","en":"Gianni Schicchi","year":"1918"}]
03	wolfgang-amadeus-mozart	Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart	The greatest genius in music history, who left numerous opera masterpieces.	Austria	1756-1791	[{"ja":"フィガロの結婚","en":"Le Nozze di Figaro","year":"1786"},{"ja":"ドン・ジョヴァンニ","en":"Don Giovanni","year":"1787"},{"ja":"魔笛","en":"Die Zauberflöte","year":"1791"},{"ja":"コジ・ファン・トゥッテ","en":"Così fan tutte","year":"1790"},{"ja":"後宮からの誘拐","en":"Die Entführung aus dem Serail","year":"1782"}]
04	richard-wagner	Richard Wagner	Founder of music drama, who revolutionized music history with grand musical theater.	Germany	1813-1883	[{"ja":"ニーベルングの指環","en":"Der Ring des Nibelungen","year":"1876"},{"ja":"トリスタンとイゾルデ","en":"Tristan und Isolde","year":"1865"},{"ja":"ニュルンベルクのマイスタージンガー","en":"Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg","year":"1868"},{"ja":"ローエングリン","en":"Lohengrin","year":"1850"},{"ja":"タンホイザー","en":"Tannhäuser","year":"1845"},{"ja":"パルジファル","en":"Parsifal","year":"1882"}]
05	gioachino-rossini	Gioachino Rossini	Master of Italian opera buffa, popular for his light and cheerful comic operas.	Italy	1792-1868	[{"ja":"セビリアの理髪師","en":"Il Barbiere di Siviglia","year":"1816"},{"ja":"シンデレラ","en":"La Cenerentola","year":"1817"},{"ja":"ウィリアム・テル","en":"Guillaume Tell","year":"1829"},{"ja":"セビリャの理髪師","en":"The Barber of Seville","year":"1816"}]
06	georges-bizet	Georges Bizet	Representative of French opera. Carmen is one of the most performed works worldwide.	France	1838-1875	[{"ja":"カルメン","en":"Carmen","year":"1875"},{"ja":"採珠師","en":"Les Pêcheurs de Perles","year":"1863"}]
07	gaetano-donizetti	Gaetano Donizetti	Master of bel canto alongside Bellini, composed over 70 operas.	Italy	1797-1848	[{"ja":"ランメルモールのルチア","en":"Lucia di Lammermoor","year":"1835"},{"ja":"愛の妙薬","en":"L'elisir d'amore","year":"1832"},{"ja":"ドン・パスクワーレ","en":"Don Pasquale","year":"1843"}]
08	vincenzo-bellini	Vincenzo Bellini	Representative of bel canto, characterized by beautiful melodies and long vocal lines.	Italy	1801-1835	[{"ja":"ノルマ","en":"Norma","year":"1831"},{"ja":"夢遊病の女","en":"La Sonnambula","year":"1831"},{"ja":"清教徒","en":"I Puritani","year":"1835"}]
09	pyotr-ilyich-tchaikovsky	Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky	Representative of Russian opera, who left masterpieces in opera as well as symphonies.	Russia	1840-1893	[{"ja":"エウゲニ・オネーギン","en":"Eugene Onegin","year":"1879"},{"ja":"スペードの女王","en":"The Queen of Spades","year":"1890"}]
10	richard-strauss	Richard Strauss	Representative of late Romanticism, who left masterpieces in opera as well as tone poems.	Germany	1864-1949	[{"ja":"ばらの騎士","en":"Der Rosenkavalier","year":"1911"},{"ja":"サロメ","en":"Salome","year":"1905"},{"ja":"エレクトラ","en":"Elektra","year":"1909"}]