Giuseppe Verdi (1813 - 1901) - photo 1

Giuseppe Verdi

Giuseppe Verdi, full name Giuseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi, was an Italian opera composer.

The son of a village innkeeper, Giuseppe showed musical talent very early, already playing the organ in church by the age of nine. He studied music in Milan, taught, and in March 1839 staged his first opera "Oberto, conte di San Bonifacio" at La Scala. In 1842 Verdi's opera "Nabucco" was a great success, passing through all the major theaters of Europe.

Verdi wrote a total of 26 operas during his career, the most famous of which are Rigoletto (1851), Trovatore (1853), La Traviata (1853), Don Carlos (1867), Aida (1871), Otello (1887) and Falstaff (1893).

In 1873, Giuseppe Verdi decided to retire from the world of opera. He settled in Sant'Agata, where he became a large landowner and a very wealthy man due to his tireless work in agriculture, he also financed large charitable organizations.

Verdi took a break from these activities for his opera Otello, but after a successful tour of Europe with it, he retreated again to Sant'Agata. The work of Giuseppe Verdi is one of the greatest achievements of world opera art. Many generations of opera lovers still enjoy the composer's brilliant works.

Date and place of birt:10 october 1813, Busseto, Italy
Date and place of death:27 january 1901, Milan, Italy
Period of activity: XIX century
Specialization:Composer
Art style:Romanticism

Creators Romanticism

Alexander Friedrich Werner (1827 - 1908)
Alexander Friedrich Werner
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Carl Friedrich Trautmann (1804 - 1875)
Carl Friedrich Trautmann
1804 - 1875
Thomas Sewell Robins (1810 - 1880)
Thomas Sewell Robins
1810 - 1880
Hugo Kotschenreiter (1854 - 1908)
Hugo Kotschenreiter
1854 - 1908
Raden Saleh (1811 - 1880)
Raden Saleh
1811 - 1880
Samuel Henry Alken II (1810 - 1894)
Samuel Henry Alken II
1810 - 1894
Rodolphe Bresdin (1822 - 1885)
Rodolphe Bresdin
1822 - 1885
Francois-Joseph Deutsch (1784 - 1860)
Francois-Joseph Deutsch
1784 - 1860
Carl Ebert (1821 - 1885)
Carl Ebert
1821 - 1885
Léon Arie Feyen (1947)
Léon Arie Feyen
1947
Rudolf Alfred Höger (1877 - 1930)
Rudolf Alfred Höger
1877 - 1930
Ramsay Richard Reinagle (1775 - 1862)
Ramsay Richard Reinagle
1775 - 1862
Johann Christian Klengel (1751 - 1824)
Johann Christian Klengel
1751 - 1824
Pierre-Jacques Volaire (1729 - 1799)
Pierre-Jacques Volaire
1729 - 1799
Robert Frankland (1784 - 1849)
Robert Frankland
1784 - 1849
Moritz Müller (1841 - 1899)
Moritz Müller
1841 - 1899
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