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Also Known As Nicola Antonio Giacinto Porpora
Born August 17, 1686 • Naples • Italy
Died March 3, 1768 (aged 81) • Naples • Italy
Giovanni Battista Pergolesi
Italian composer
Alessandro Scarlatti, detail of a portrait by an unknown artist, 1692; in the Palacio del Duque de Hijar, Epila, Spain
Alessandro Scarlatti
Italian composer
Gioachino Rossini
Gioachino Rossini
Italian composer
Antonio Sacchini
Italian composer
Niccolò Jommelli
Italian composer
Piccinni, engraving by J.F. Schroter
Niccolò Piccinni
Italian composer
Leonardo Leo
Italian composer
Leonardo Vinci
Italian composer
George Frideric Handel
George Frideric Handel
German-English composer
Vincent d’Indy
French composer
Johann Adolph Hasse, engraving by J.F. Kauxe after a portrait by P. Rotari
Johann Adolph Hasse
German composer
Giuseppe Verdi
Giuseppe Verdi
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Strozzi, Bernardo: portrait of Claudio Monteverdi
Claudio Monteverdi
Italian composer and musician
Giacomo Puccini
Giacomo Puccini
Italian composer
Domenico Scarlatti, engraving.
Domenico Scarlatti
Italian composer
Antonio Vivaldi
Antonio Vivaldi
Italian composer
Donizetti, Gaetano
Gaetano Donizetti
Italian opera composer
Francesca Caccini
Italian composer and singer
Giovanni Pacini
Italian composer
Alfredo Catalani
Italian composer