Giuseppe Verdi

Portrait by [[Giovanni Boldini Giuseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi (; 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. Provided by Wikipedia
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    by Verdi, Giuseppe
    Published 1982
    Classmark: 1994 a 437 BFl
    Book
  2. 2
    by Verdi, Giuseppe
    Published 1983
    Classmark: 1994 a 438 BFl
    Book
  3. 3
    Classmark: SPS.neb 071,2*
    Book
  4. 4
    by Verdi, Giuseppe
    Published 1915
    Classmark: Mus.neb 0158/09
    Book
  5. 5
    Classmark: Mus.neb 0689
    Book
  6. 6
    Classmark: Mus.neb 0439
    Book
  7. 7
    by Verdi, Giuseppe
    Published 1893
    Classmark: Mus.neb 0379
    Book
  8. 8
    by Verdi, Giuseppe
    Published 1921
    Classmark: Mus.neb 0226
    Book
  9. 9
    by Verdi, Giuseppe, Somma, Antonio
    Published 1982
    Classmark: 1994 a 435 BFl
    Book
  10. 10
    Classmark: 1997 a 017
    Book
  11. 11
    Classmark: 1994 a 436 BFl
    Book
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