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Giuseppe Verdi Giuseppe Verdi (1813–1901) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791) Amilcare Ponchielli Amilcare Ponchielli (1834–1886) Giacomo Puccini Giacomo Puccini (1858–1924) Victor Massé Victor Massé (1822–1884)

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Today in Opera History — July 7

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1860
Gustav Mahler, composer and major opera conductor later associated with the Vienna Court Opera and the Metropolitan Opera, was born in Kaliště, Bohemia.
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1904
First performance of Puccini’s "Madama Butterfly" outside Italy, staged in Buenos Aires under the baton of Arturo Toscanini.
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1911
Birth of Italian-American composer and librettist Gian Carlo Menotti, creator of operas such as 'The Medium', 'Amahl and the Night Visitors', and 'The Consul'.
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1911
Italian-American opera composer and librettist Gian Carlo Menotti was born in Cadegliano, Italy.
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1933
Death of American opera director and translator Donald Pippin, founder of San Francisco's Pocket Opera, known for performing operas in English.
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