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

Julius Hübner II (1842 - 1874)
Julius Hübner II
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Stephen Burroughs (1765 - 1840)
Stephen Burroughs
1765 - 1840
Jakob Grünenwald (1821 - 1896)
Jakob Grünenwald
1821 - 1896
August Wilhelm Leu (1818 - 1897)
August Wilhelm Leu
1818 - 1897
Karl Pavlovich Bryullov (1799 - 1852)
Karl Pavlovich Bryullov
1799 - 1852
Jan Hendrik van Grootveld (1808 - 1855)
Jan Hendrik van Grootveld
1808 - 1855
Walter Dendy Sadler (1854 - 1923)
Walter Dendy Sadler
1854 - 1923
Hugo Wolf (1860 - 1903)
Hugo Wolf
1860 - 1903
Theodor Franz Zimmermann (1808 - 1880)
Theodor Franz Zimmermann
1808 - 1880
Wilhelm Bernhard Benteli (1839 - 1924)
Wilhelm Bernhard Benteli
1839 - 1924
Charles Fairfax Murray (1849 - 1919)
Charles Fairfax Murray
1849 - 1919
Franz Horny (1798 - 1824)
Franz Horny
1798 - 1824
Louis Victor Legentile (1815 - 1889)
Louis Victor Legentile
1815 - 1889
Carl Maria von Weber (1786 - 1826)
Carl Maria von Weber
1786 - 1826
Gerrit Postma (1819 - 1894)
Gerrit Postma
1819 - 1894
François-René de Chateaubriand (1768 - 1848)
François-René de Chateaubriand
1768 - 1848