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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 — June 17

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1806
Death of German operatic soprano Henriette Sontag in Mexico City.
1818
Charles Gounod, French composer of "Faust" and "Roméo et Juliette", was born in Paris.
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1848
Victor Maurel, French baritone who created Iago in Verdi’s "Otello" and the title role in "Falstaff", was born in Marseille.
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1882
Birth of Russian-born composer Igor Stravinsky (New Style), whose family included operatic singers.
1882
Igor Stravinsky, Russian-born composer of "The Rake’s Progress", "Oedipus Rex", and "Mavra", was born in Oranienbaum.
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