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Portrait by Giovanni Boldini, 1886
Giuseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi (Italian:[dʒuˈzɛppeˈverdi]; 9 or 10 October 1813 – 27 January 1901) was an Italian composer best known for his operas. He was born near Busseto to a provincial family of moderate means, receiving a musical education with the help of a local patron, Antonio Barezzi. Verdi came to dominate the Italian opera scene after the era of Gioachino Rossini, Vincenzo Bellini, and Gaetano Donizetti, whose works significantly influenced him.
In his early operas, Verdi demonstrated sympathy with the Risorgimento movement which sought the unification of Italy. He also participated briefly as an elected politician. The chorus "Va, pensiero" from his early opera Nabucco (1842), and similar choruses in later operas, were much in the spirit of the unification movement, and the composer himself became esteemed as a representative of these ideals. An intensely private person, Verdi did not seek to ingratiate himself with popular movements. As he became professionally successful, he was able to reduce his operatic workload and sought to establish himself as a landowner in his native region. He surprised the musical world by returning, after his success with the opera Aida (1871), with three late masterpieces: his Requiem (1874), and the operas Otello (1887) and Falstaff (1893).
His operas remain extremely popular, especially the three peaks of his 'middle period': Rigoletto, Il trovatore and La traviata. The bicentenary of his birth in 2013 was widely celebrated in broadcasts and performances.
Giuseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi (Italian: [dʒuˈzɛppe ˈverdi]; 9 or 10 October 1813 – 27 January 1901) was an Italian composer best known for his operas...
The following is a list of published compositions by the composer GiuseppeVerdi (1813–1901). The list includes original creations as well as reworkings...
sempre addio (GiuseppeVerdi) Mal reggendo all'aspro assalto (GiuseppeVerdi) Ai nostri monti (GiuseppeVerdi) Ah! tu dei vivere (GiuseppeVerdi) Misero appien...
Gilda, Rigoletto (GiuseppeVerdi) Konstanze, Die Entführung aus dem Serail (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart) Leonora, Il trovatore (GiuseppeVerdi) Norma, Norma (Vincenzo...
pronunciation: [la traˈvjaːta]; The Fallen Woman) is an opera in three acts by GiuseppeVerdi set to an Italian libretto by Francesco Maria Piave. It is based on...
(opera) (GiuseppeVerdi): Victor de Sabata conducting the Teatro alla Scala, with Mariano Stabile and Cesare Valletti. (1952) Otello (GiuseppeVerdi): Gabriele...
The Conservatorio GiuseppeVerdi or GiuseppeVerdi Conservatory may refer to: Milan Conservatory Turin Conservatory Como Conservatory This disambiguation...
mid-to-late 19th century was a golden age of opera, led and dominated by GiuseppeVerdi in Italy and Richard Wagner in Germany. The popularity of opera continued...
5 May 1991. It is also known as GiuseppeVerdi Airport or Parma "GiuseppeVerdi" Airport, named after GiuseppeVerdi. The following airlines operate regular...
Conservatory, also known as the Conservatorio di Milano and the Conservatorio GiuseppeVerdi, is a college of music in Milan, Italy. The conservatory was established...
opera in four acts by GiuseppeVerdi to an Italian libretto by Arrigo Boito, based on Shakespeare's play Othello. It was Verdi's penultimate opera, first...
Rigoletto is an opera in three acts by GiuseppeVerdi. The Italian libretto was written by Francesco Maria Piave based on the 1832 play Le roi s'amuse...
French physicist Joseph Sauveur, promoted briefly by Italian composer GiuseppeVerdi in the 19th century, then advocated by the Schiller Institute beginning...
operas of Donizetti, Bellini, and Rossini, and further to the works of Verdi and Puccini, and in her early career to the music dramas of Wagner. Her...
violinist Giuseppe Tornatore (born 1956), Italian film director and screenwriter Giuseppe Valenti (19th century), Italian sculptor GiuseppeVerdi (1813–1901)...
Side of Manhattan in New York City. Named for Italian opera composer GiuseppeVerdi, the park is bounded by 72nd Street on the south, 73rd Street on the...
Aida (or Aïda, Italian: [aˈiːda]) is a tragic opera in four acts by GiuseppeVerdi to an Italian libretto by Antonio Ghislanzoni. Set in the Old Kingdom...
"Nebuchadnezzar") is an Italian-language opera in four acts composed in 1841 by GiuseppeVerdi to an Italian libretto by Temistocle Solera. The libretto is based on...
Il trovatore ('The Troubadour') is an opera in four acts by GiuseppeVerdi to an Italian libretto largely written by Salvadore Cammarano, based on the...
by GiuseppeVerdi 1840: Un giorno di regno by GiuseppeVerdi 1842: Nabucco by GiuseppeVerdi 1843: I Lombardi alla prima crociata by GiuseppeVerdi 1845:...
young GiuseppeVerdi (Nabucco, Ernani, Macbeth, Rigoletto, La traviata, Il trovatore). The prolific operas of these composers, plus the works of Verdi's maturity...
ballo in maschera ('A Masked Ball') is an 1859 opera in three acts by GiuseppeVerdi. The text, by Antonio Somma, was based on Eugène Scribe's libretto for...
Don Carlos is an 1867 five-act grand opera composed by GiuseppeVerdi to a French-language libretto by Joseph Méry and Camille du Locle, based on the dramatic...
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