Question: Carlo Bergonzi, was an Italian operatic tenor, although he performed and recorded some bel canto and verismo roles, he was above all associated with the operas of which Italian opera composer, that died in 1901?
Context: Roberto Stagno (] ; 18 October 1840 [some sources give 1836 as his birth year] – 26 April 1897), was a prominent Italian opera tenor.  He became an important interpreter of verismo music when it burst on to the operatic scene during the 1890s; but he also possessed an agile bel canto technique which he employed in operas dating from earlier periods.  In 1890, he created the pivotal verismo role of Turiddu. Raffaele Mirate (3 September 1815 – November 1895) was a celebrated Italian operatic tenor who had an active career from the 1830s through the 1860s.  Known for his intelligent phrasing and bright and powerful vocal timbre, he was regarded as an outstanding interpreter of the tenor roles in the early and middle period operas of Giuseppe Verdi.  He notably created the role of the Duke of Mantua in the world premiere of Verdi's "Rigoletto" in 1851.  He was also a highly regaurded interpreter of bel canto roles, excelling in the operas of Vincenzo Bellini, Gaetano Donizetti, and Gioachino Rossini. Pierre Duval (17 September 1932 – 31 May 2004) was a French-Canadian operatic tenor who had an active international career during the 1960s and 1970s.  Possessing a warm lyrical voice with a considerable amount of flexibility and stamina, Duval sang mostly roles from the standard French and Italian repertories.  He particularly excelled in bel canto works, notably singing opposite such lauded bel canto interpreters as Joan Sutherland, Beverly Sills, and Montserrat Caballé during his career. Carlo Bergonzi (13 July 1924 – 25 July 2014) was an Italian operatic tenor.  Although he performed and recorded some bel canto and verismo roles, he was above all associated with the operas of Giuseppe Verdi, including a large number of the composer's lesser known works that he helped revive.  Additionally, he sang more than 40 other roles throughout his career.  Bergonzi is considered one of the 20th century’s most distinguished operatic tenors. Reno Andreini (also spelled Remo) (born c. 1875-1880 in Florence - died after 1924) was an Italian operatic tenor who had an active international career from 1902-1924.  A specialist in the Italian repertoire, he was frequently heard in the bel canto operas of Bellini, Donizetti, and Rossini, and in the verismo operas of Leoncavallo, Mascagni, and Puccini.  He was notably the first singer to make a complete recording of the role of Rodolfo in Puccini's "La boheme" in 1917.  He also recorded duets from "La traviata" with Maria Galvany and one duet from Massenet's "Manon" with Riccardo Tegani with the Gramophone Company. Salvatore Fisichella (born May 15, 1943 in Catania, Sicily) is an Italian operatic tenor known for his roles in bel canto operas, especially those of Rossini, Donizetti and Bellini.  He has been recognized for the ease and vocal brilliance of his singing, and for having sung more of the leading roles in Bellini's operas than any other 20th century tenor. Francesco Meli (born 1980 in Genoa) is an Italian operatic tenor particularly associated with the bel canto repertoire.  He began his vocal studies at age 17 with Norma Palacios at the Conservatorio di Musica "Niccolò Paganini" in Genoa.  He later became a pupil of mezzo-soprano Franca Mattiucci.  In 2002 he debuted in Verdi's "Macbeth" and as the tenor soloist in Rossini's "Petite Messe Solennelle" and Puccini's "Messa di Gloria", broadcast by RAI (the Italian state broadcasting company) from the Festival dei Due Mondi in Spoleto.  He has gone on to sing leading roles in La Scala, The Metropolitan Opera, Teatro Regio di Torino, London's Royal Opera House, Opéra National de Lyon, Zurich Opera, and the Rossini Opera Festival in Pesaro.  In 2017, he will make his debut as Verdi's Don Carlo at La Scala and as Radames in Salzburg next to Anna Netrebko's Aida. Romilda Pantaleoni (1847 – 20 May 1917) was an Italian soprano who had a prolific opera career in Italy during the 1870s and 1880s.  She sang a wide repertoire that encompassed bel canto roles, Italian and French grand opera, verismo operas, and the German operas of Richard Wagner.  She became particularly associated with the roles of Margherita in Boito's "Mefistofele" and the title role in Ponchielli's "La Gioconda"; two roles which she performed in opera houses throughout Italy.  She is best remembered today for originating the roles of Desdemona in Giuseppe Verdi's "Otello" (1887) and Tigrana in Giacomo Puccini's "Edgar" (1889).  Universally admired for her acting skills as well as her singing abilities, Pantaleoni was compared by several critics to the great Italian stage actress Eleonora Duse. Giuseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi (] ; 9 or 10 October 1813 – 27 January 1901) was an Italian opera composer. Edoardo Müller (June 16, 1938, Trieste - June 24, 2016, Milan) was an Italian conductor who was chiefly recognized for his interpretations of bel canto operas.  A frequent guest conductor with opera houses internationally, he had a lengthy association with the San Diego Opera which spanned 31 years.  He was also an accomplished pianist who accompanied several notable singers in recitals and concerts; including Carlo Bergonzi, Renato Bruson, Montserrat Caballé, José Carreras, Leyla Gencer, Elena Obraztsova, and Renata Tebaldi.  His work is preserved on recordings made for the Philips, BMG, Bongiovanni, and Orfeo record labels.  He served as conductor for Joyce DiDonato's 2009 CD "Colbran, the Muse: Rossini Opera Arias".
Answer: Giuseppe Verdi