Pierre Beaumarchais
In 1786, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart composed an opera, "Le Nozze di Figaro", based on "The Marriage of Figaro", with a libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte based on the play. Several composers including Paisiello in 1782 wrote operas based on "The Barber of Seville". Rossini's 1816 version is his most successful work and still often performed. In 1966, Darius Milhaud composed an opera, "La mère coupable", based on "The Guilty Mother".
Italo Tajo
Tajo made relatively few recordings, the most famous being the 1950 RCA Victor "Rigoletto", with Leonard Warren, Erna Berger and Jan Peerce, conducted by Renato Cellini. He also recorded "The Marriage of Figaro" and "Don Giovanni" for Cetra. He can also be heard in live broadcasts of "Macbeth", opposite Maria Callas, conducted by Victor de Sabata; and the Florence "War and Peace".