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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 18

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1670
Birth of Giovanni Bononcini, Italian cellist and composer known for his contributions to opera.
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1816
French operatic baritone Jean-Baptiste Faure, the first Posa in Verdi's "Don Carlos" and the dedicatee of Fauré's "Après un rêve", was born in Moulins.
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1841
French composer Emmanuel Chabrier, creator of the opera "Le roi malgré lui", was born in Ambert.
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1869
Death of Louis Bouilhet, French poet and librettist, known for his work on operas such as 'Les Troyens' by Hector Berlioz.
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1882
Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari, composer of comic operas including "Il segreto di Susanna" and "I quattro rusteghi", was born in Venice.
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