Edoardo Mascheroni (born

Milan Milan ( , , Lombard: ; it, Milano ) is a city in northern Italy, capital of Lombardy, and the second-most populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of about 1.4 million, while its metropolitan city h ...

, 4 September 1852 – died

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, 4 March 1941) was an Italian composer and conductor. He is remembered for conducting the world premiere of Giuseppe Verdi's ''

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''; he also composed two operas of his own, to libretti by

Luigi Illica Luigi Illica (9 May 1857 – 16 December 1919) was an Italian librettist who wrote for Giacomo Puccini (usually with Giuseppe Giacosa), Pietro Mascagni, Alfredo Catalani, Umberto Giordano, Baron Alberto Franchetti and other important Italian co ...

. His brother Angelo was also a composer.

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His operas
at italianopera.org Italian classical composers Italian male classical composers Italian conductors (music) Italian male conductors (music) Italian opera composers Male opera composers Musicians from Milan 1852 births 1941 deaths {{Italy-conductor-stub