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23 hours ago · The Rite of Spring (French: Le Sacre du printemps) is a ballet and orchestral concert work by the Russian composer Igor Stravinsky. It was written for the 1913 Paris season of Sergei Diaghilev 's Ballets Russes company; the original choreography was by Vaslav Nijinsky with stage designs and costumes by Nicholas Roerich .
23 hours ago · Richard Wagner major opera composer, friend of Franz Liszt, best known for his cycle of four operas, Der Ring des Nibelungen: Ernst Haberbier: 1813: 1869: German: composer Giuseppe Verdi: 1813: 1901: Italian: Giuseppe Verdi major opera composer, best known for Nabucco, Rigoletto, La Traviata, Aida, Otello and Don Carlos: Charles-Valentin Alkan ...
23 hours ago · Gaius Caesar Augustus Germanicus (31 August 12 – 24 January 41), better known by his nickname Caligula ( / kəˈlɪɡjʊlə / ), was Roman emperor from AD 37 until his assassination in AD 41. He was the son of the Roman general Germanicus and Augustus ' granddaughter Agrippina the Elder, members of the first ruling family of the Roman Empire.
