An advocate of a new form of opera called "musical drama"

Has composed the most popular opera ever written entitled Carmen

In his composition, he stressed realism drawing themes from everyday life

He was born October 9, 1813, in Parma, Italy, and died in Milan, Italy on January 27, 1901

He was born in Leipzig, Germany on May 22, 1813, and died at age 69 due to a heart attack

He is the last of the classical composers and the first among the Romantics

His works include La Boheme and Madame Butterfly

Born on January 31, 1797, and at age 31 he died in Vienna, Austria

He was born in Paris, France on October 25, 1838, and died on June 3, 1875, when he was 36

His compositions were Tannhauser and Parsifal which was used in present movies such as the Lord of the Rings

He was the composer of romantic vocal compositions such as Elkornig and Swan Song

He was born December 22, 1858, in Lucca, Italy, and died in the Milan Conservatory

His much-acclaimed works were La Traviata and Rigoletto

Expressive vocal melody was the soul of his opera compositions

Expressiveness in his opera compositions was aided by musical sequences called leitmotifs

He developed the lieder to make the impact of his compositions powerful

His famous works are Die Valkyrie and Tristan and Isolde

His popular operas were Operetta and La docteur Miracle

His famous operas were Turandot and Tosca