Dominick Argento

Dominick Argento

Dominick Argento, né le 27 octobre 1927 à York en Pennsylvanie, est un compositeur américain d'opéra lyrique.

Fils d'immigrants italiens, il a étudié au Peabody Institute, à l'Eastman School of Music, ainsi que brièvement en Italie.

Il a reçu en 1975 le prix Pulitzer pour son cycle « From the Diary of Virginia Woolf ».


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