Alex Staropoli
| Alex Staropoli | |
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| Alex Staropoli performing in Buenos Aires, Argentina in 2010. | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Alessandro Staropoli | 
| Born | 9 January 1970 Trieste, Italy | 
| Origin | Italy | 
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| Years active | 1993–present | 
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| Website | www | 
Alessandro "Alex" Staropoli (born 9 January 1970) is a keyboard player, composer, leader and co-founder of the Italian symphonic power metal band Rhapsody of Fire. He does the orchestral arrangements in all the band's songs. Following the split with Turilli, Staropoli is Rhapsody of Fire's only remaining founding member.