Wikipedia:WikiProject Opera/OotM/September2012

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The Composer of the Month for September is Ruggero Leoncavallo.

His biography needs expanding with details of his early years and personal life. He lived for quite a while in Paris and was married to the singer Berthe Rambaud, to whom he dedicated his opera La bohème. In his later life he lived in Switzerland in a villa which he helped design and was named after his adopted daughter. [1], [2]. None of this information is currently in the article.

We also lack an article on his opera Gli zingari. September 16th marks the 100th anniversary of its premiere. [3]