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Franco Alfano

1875 - 1954

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Franco Alfano (8 March 1875 – 27 October 1954) was an Italian composer and pianist, best known today for his operas Cyrano de Bergerac (1936) and Risurrezione (1904), and for having completed Puccini's opera Turandot in 1926. He had considerable success with several of his own works during his lifetime. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Franco Alfano is the 364th most popular composer (down from 311th in 2019), the 1,486th most popular biography from Italy (down from 1,369th in 2019) and the 70th most popular Italian Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Franco Alfano ranks 364 out of 1,451. Before him are Anatoly Lyadov, Hans Werner Henze, Bernardo Pasquini, Leonardo Leo, Frank Martin, and Louis Marchand. After him are Wojciech Kilar, Johan Svendsen, Hans Leo Hassler, Antoine Busnois, Mykola Lysenko, and Alfredo Casella.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1875, Franco Alfano ranks 46. Before him are Sisowath Monivong, Rudolf von Sebottendorf, Cléo de Mérode, Mistinguett, Ludwig Prandtl, and Leonardo De Lorenzo. After him are Qiu Jin, Othenio Abel, Hiram Bingham III, Friedrich-Werner Graf von der Schulenburg, Walter Chrysler, and Hashim al-Atassi. Among people deceased in 1954, Franco Alfano ranks 35. Before him are Sadriddin Ayni, Duchess Cecilie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Auguste Perret, Ivan Ilyin, Hannes Meyer, and Thea von Harbou. After him are Aristides de Sousa Mendes, Archduke Eugen of Austria, Theodore Lyman IV, Fritz London, Princess Margaret of Prussia, and Marianne Weber.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Franco Alfano ranks 1,486 out of 5,161. Before him are Leonardo Leo (1694), Joe D'Amato (1936), Giovanni il Popolano (1467), Louis II, Elector of Brandenburg (1328), Clodia Pulchra (-94), and Giovanni Verga (1840). After him are Luigi Facta (1861), Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus (-49), Andrea Dandolo (1306), Milo Manara (1945), Fausto Sozzini (1539), and Valentino Mazzola (1919).

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