(1813–1901) Giuseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi Works: • Aida (1871) • Attila (1846) • Don Carlos (1867) • Ernani (1844) • Falstaff (1893) • I due Foscari (1844) • Giovanna d’Arco (1845) • I Lombardi (1843) • Il corsaro (1848) •…
Giuseppe Verdi
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Amilcare Ponchielli
(1834–1886) Works: • Danza delle ore (1876) • La Gioconda (1876) Born August 31 1834 Paderno Fasolaro, now Paderno Ponchielli (Italia) Died January 16 1886 Milano (Italia) Cause of death Pneumonia Buried Cimitero Monumentale (Milano) Pupil Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924) Occupation Composer Conductor…
Giacomo Puccini
(1858–1924) Giacomo Antonio Domenico Michele Secondo Puccini Works: • Edgar (1889) • Gianni Schicchi (1918) • Il tabarro (1918) • Il Trittico: Il tabarro, Suor Angelica, Gianni Schicchi (1918) • La Bohème (1896) • La fanciulla del West (1910) •…
Gioachino Rossini
(1792–1868) Giovacchino Antonio Rossini Works: • Guglielmo Tell (1829) • Il barbiere di Siviglia (1816) • Il turco in Italia (1814) • La Cenerentola (1817) • La gazza ladra (1817) • Le Comte Ory (1828) • L’italiana in Algeri (1813)…
Franz Liszt
(1811–1886) Liszt Ferenc Works: • A Faust Symphonie (1857) • Années de pèlerinage (1842) • Christus (1872) • Danse macabre (1865) • Dante Symphony (1857) • Études d’exécution transcendante (1852) • Fantasy and Fugue on the name “B.A.C.H.” (1856) •…
Au conservatoire (c.1893)
Ensor, James (1860-1949) Au conservatoire (At the Conservatory) c.1893 Oil on canvas mounted on panel, 56.5 x 71.5 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris
Jardin d’amour (c.1925)
Ensor, James (1860-1949) Jardin d’amour (Love garden) c.1925 Oil on panel, 36.8 x 46 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid ©VEGAP, Madrid Carmen Thyssen Collection The characters of a masked ball appear in a garden framed, like a stage, by tall trees. To…
Allegoria della battaglia di Lepanto (1571)
Veronese, Paolo (1528-1588) Allegoria della battaglia di Lepanto (Allegory of the Battle of Lepanto) 1571 Oil on canvas, 170 x 137 cm Gallerie dell’Accademia, Venezia
Il Concerto (c.1507)
Giorgione (c.1477-1510) Il Concerto (The Concert) c.1507 Oil on canvas, 86 x 70 cm Gallerie dell’Accademia, Venezia On five-year loan from a private collection.
Minerva protettrice delle Arti e delle Scienze (early 1680s)
Giordano, Luca (1634-1705) Minerva protettrice delle Arti e delle Scienze (Minerva as Protectress of the Arts and Sciences) early 1680s Oil on canvas, 73.5 x 88 cm National Gallery, London This modello, or detailed oil study, is one of a group of 12…