This composer wrote the final Responsorium for solo soprano in a piece he wrote with 13 composers, such as Antonio Buzzolla who wrote the opening Introitus. After the Stabat Mater, this composer included a “Laudi alla Vergine (”VER-gin-ee”) Maria” inspired by Dante's Paradiso in his Four Sacred Pieces. Four onstage and four off-stage trumpets trade an E-flat minor fanfare in a piece by this composer whose soprano part was premiered by Teresa Stolz. This composer included the tenor (*) “Ingemisco” in a piece whose “Libera me” was written a year after the death of Rossini. Four booming G minor chords open the second movement “Dies Irae” of a piece by this composer written in memory of Alessandro Manzoni. For 10 points, name this Italian composer whose Requiem was premiered by some singers in his opera La Traviata. ■END■
ANSWER: Giuseppe Verdi [or Giuseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi]
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