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Information: Italian composer Franco Leoni (1864-1949) wrote operas, oratorios, and songs. His opera L'Oracolo, with the evil opium dealer's role created by Antonio Scotti, became his best known work.
Leoni, Franco Sites:
Franco Leoni Franco Leoni: Biographical and compositional background from Opera Glass with list of operas and selected other works. (Leoni, Franco) http://opera.stanford.edu/Leoni/main.html
Franco Leoni (1864-1949) Franco Leoni (1864-1949): Listing at The Lied and Art Song Texts Page with selected lyrics. (Leoni, Franco) http://www.recmusic.org/lieder/get_settings.html?ComposerId=6685
Leoni, Franco: A Spring Song Leoni, Franco: A Spring Song: Facsimile of his setting of William Akerman's lyrics with complete score from the Digital Collections of the National Library of Australia. (Leoni, Franco) http://nla.gov.au/nla.mus-an7878029
Leoni, Franco Leoni, Franco: Brief biography from the Grove Concise Dictionary of Music entry at WQXR radio noting his operatic and vocal works. (Leoni, Franco) http://www.wqxr.com/cgi-bin/iowa/cla/learning/grove.html?record=5317