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This Italian composer is particularly known for his comic operas, as well as that famous refrain from the William Tell Overture. But he wrote a wide range of music and was a well-known foodie.

Largely unknown today, Amanda Aldridge was a successful Black British composer, singer and vocal coach.

This internationally renowned Italian baritone had a repertoire of almost 100 operatic roles, singing some of the great Verdi and Puccini baritone parts.

This celebrated female composer was a master of the Baroque style and at one point the highest-paid musician of the 17th-century Medici court.

This world-famous, award-winning conductor has blazed a trail for women conductors everywhere.

This Italian composer is particularly known for his comic operas, as well as that famous refrain from the William Tell Overture. But he wrote a wide range of music and was a well-known foodie.

Largely unknown today, Amanda Aldridge was a successful Black British composer, singer and vocal coach.

This internationally renowned Italian baritone had a repertoire of almost 100 operatic roles, singing some of the great Verdi and Puccini baritone parts.

This celebrated female composer was a master of the Baroque style and at one point the highest-paid musician of the 17th-century Medici court.

This world-famous, award-winning conductor has blazed a trail for women conductors everywhere.