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Piave, Francesco Maria b. May 18, 1810 d. March 5, 1876
Librettist. Resident Poet and Stage Director of La Fenice, Venice (1844-60), and of La Scala in Milan (1861-67). He was a good friend of Giuseppe Verdi and wrote the texts for ten of his operas, including "Ernani" (1844), "Macbeth" (1847), "Rigoletto" (1851), "La Traviata" (1853), "Simon Boccanegra" (1857), and "La Forza del Destino" (1862). Although his lyrics were often ridiculed as clumsy and his personal reputation was less than spotless (he kept a string of mistresses), Verdi...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Cimitero Monumentale, Milan, Provincia di Milano, Lombardia, Italy
Ponchielli, Amilcare b. August 31, 1834 d. January 16, 1886
Composer. He achieved lasting fame with his opera "La Gioconda" (1876). The ballet from that work, "The Dance of the Hours", is even more popular on its own. It was used in Walt Disney's "Fantasia" (1940) and supplied the tune for comedian Allan Sherman's 1963 novelty song, "Hello Muddah, Hello Faddah". None of Ponchielli's ten other operas won comparable success. As professor of composition at Milan Conservatory from 1880, his pupils included Puccini and Mascagni. He died at 51 of...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Cimitero Monumentale, Milan, Provincia di Milano, Lombardia, Italy
Quasimodo, Salvatore b. August 20, 1901 d. June 14, 1968
Author. One of Italy's leading poets of the 20th Century, he won the 1959 Nobel Prize for Literature. His work falls roughly into two periods, divided by World War II. In the 1930's he was a leader of the "Hermetic" movement of Italian poetry, which made use of metaphysical themes and complex imagery often derived from the Ancient Greeks; some critics accused him of being needlessly obscure. After the war Quasimodo turned to socially conscious subjects and more direct language, while...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Cimitero Monumentale, Milan, Provincia di Milano, Lombardia, Italy
Ruffo, Titta b. June 9, 1877 d. July 5, 1953
Opera Singer. Born in Pisa, Italy, the son of an engineer, he studied opera and acting in Rome and debuted in Lohengrin, Rome, in 1898. He sang in a variety of languages, including Spanish, German, and French, and was well known for his strong baritone voice. Though a good singer and actor, he was not generally considered the best amongst such contemporaries as Enrico Caruso, Antonio Scotti, and Giuseppe de Luca. He performed mostly in Europe, but also sang in Philadelphia and New York in 1912...[Read More] (Bio by: Rucaden Davila)
Cimitero Monumentale, Milan, Provincia di Milano, Lombardia, Italy
Schiaparelli, Giovanni Virginio b. March 14, 1835 d. July 4, 1910
Astronomer. A Senator of the Kingdom of Italy. He was a member of Academy Sciences of Turin. He graduated in engineering at the University of Turin in 1854, and studied astronomy at the Berlin Observatory and at the Pulkovo Observatory. In Italy, he was named Second Astronomer, and later director of Brera Observatory. In 1867, he published "Outline of an Astronomical Theory of Shooting Stars", in which he theorized the connection between meteors and comets. In 1877, he started his studies of...[Read More] (Bio by: Ruggero)
Cimitero Monumentale, Milan, Provincia di Milano, Lombardia, Italy
Schnabel, Stefan b. February 2, 1912 d. March 11, 1999
Actor: He played Dr. Stephen Jackson from 1965 to 1981 on Guiding Light in New York City. He was the son of classical pianist, Artur Schnabel. He and his wife had lived for 45 years in Rowayton, Connecticut before moving to Rogaro, Italy, in 1992. His family left Berlin when the Nazi regime came to power in 1933. He studied acting in London and the Old Vic Theatre. He was featured in Laurence Olivier's first production of "Hamlet" and "Major Barbara." Since 1938, he became an established radio...[Read More] (Bio by: Genet)
Cimitero Monumentale, Milan, Provincia di Milano, Lombardia, Italy
Stolz, Teresa b. June 2, 1834 d. August 22, 1902
Opera Singer. A dramatic soprano best known for performing the works of Giuseppe Verdi, she is also remembered for a personal life of Wagnerian complexity. Born Tereza Stolzova at Kostelec nad Labem in what was then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, she studied at the Prague Conservatory from which she got herself expelled in 1851 for reasons unspecified then journeyed to Trieste for training with conductor [Read More] (Bio by: Bob Hufford)
Cimitero Monumentale, Milan, Provincia di Milano, Lombardia, Italy
Strepponi, Giuseppina [original burial site] b. September 8, 1815 d. November 14, 1897
Opera Singer. An acclaimed bel canto soprano, she had a short but spectacular career in Italy during the 1830s and 1840s. She later became the second wife of composer Giuseppe Verdi. Clelia Maria Josepha Strepponi was born in Lodi, Lombardy, Italy, the daughter of a minor composer. In 1830 she enrolled at the Milan Conservatory as a piano and vocal student, and after her father's death in 1832 she was awarded a scholarship...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Cimitero Monumentale, Milan, Provincia di Milano, Lombardia, Italy
Toscanini, Arturo b. March 25, 1867 d. January 16, 1957
Orchestra Conductor. Born in Parma, Italy, he studied music and played the cello at the conservatories of Parma and Milan before joining an Italian opera company. While the company was performing the opera "Aida" in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in 1886 the conductor was booed. Although only nineteen years of age, Toscanini took over the rostrum and had his first experience as conductor. He continued to conduct and in 1891 he opened the season at the Teatro Carlo Felice in Genoa and by 1898 was...[Read More] (Bio by: Jelena)
Cause of death: Stroke
Cimitero Monumentale, Milan, Provincia di Milano, Lombardia, Italy
Verdi, Giuseppe [original burial site] b. October 10, 1813 d. January 27, 1901
Composer. A titan of 19th Century music and the most important Italian opera composer of his era. Verdi was a master of theatrical effect and in evoking human passions through music, giving his works a timeless appeal. Many of his stirring melodies are still familiar worldwide. Giuseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi was born in Roncole, Parma. He showed an early aptitude for music and at age seven was studying with the organist at the local church. At 16 he became assistant organist of the main...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Cimitero Monumentale, Milan, Provincia di Milano, Lombardia, Italy

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