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Born: 10 April 1813 · Died: 27 January 1901 · Age at death: 87
Giuseppe Verdi died aged 87. He was born on 10 April 1813 and died on 27 January 1901.
Italian opera composer of Rigoletto, La Traviata and Aida, whose music became a symbol of Italian unification
Did you know?He left much of his fortune to establish a retirement home for elderly musicians in Milan which is still open today.
Verdi's operas are so woven into Italian life that his music became a soundtrack for a nation in the making. Choruses such as 'Va, pensiero' from Nabucco were embraced by Italians longing for unity and independence from foreign rule. His great works, including Rigoletto, La traviata and Aida, combine unforgettable melodies with powerful human drama. He kept evolving well into old age, writing two of his finest operas, Otello and Falstaff, in his seventies. Today his works are among the most performed operas in the world.
Giuseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi ( VAIR-dee; Italian:; 9 or 10 October 1813 – 27 January 1901) was an Italian composer best known for his operas.
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Italian composer, born 1813
Giuseppe Verdi was born in Le Roncole on 10 April 1813.
His opera Nabucco made him famous in 1842.
He wrote Rigoletto, La traviata and Aida.
His name became a rallying cry for Italian unification.
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Did you know?He wrote his comic masterpiece Falstaff when he was almost 80.
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