Giuseppe VERDI9 October 1813 - 27 January 1901 (age 87)
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Click on the portrait of Verdi for more information about it. Italian 19th century composer. One of the most influential opera composers of all time and one of the most popular. FamilyBorn: Giuseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi,Birthplace: Roncole, province of Parma, Italy (but was France then). Father: Carlo Giuseppe Verdi, innkeeper Mother: Luigia Uttini, spinner 1st Wife: Margherita Barezzi (pupil) Died shortly after the death of their children. Children: daughter and son, both died in infancy 2nd wife: Giuseppina Strepponi, a soprano
2010 Opera CalendarThis calendar has 12 of my portraits, all of opera composers, including Giuseppe.Also Puccini, Mozart, Berlioz, Mascagni, Leoncavallo, Rossini, Bizet, Wagner, Handel, Offenbach and Bellini. Jan - Dec 2010. US Holidays. You can buy it at cafepress Works28 operas, including- Macbeth (1847) - Rigoletto (1851) - Il Trovatore (1853) - La Traviata (1853) - Un ballo in maschera (1859) - La Forza del Destino (1862) - Don Carlos (1867) - Aida (1871) - Otello (1887) - Falstaff (1893) Vocal music, including a Requiem Mass (1874) Quotes- “You may have the universe if I may have Italy” - “Our mistake, you see, was to write interminable large operas, which had to fill an entire evening. And now along comes someone with a one or two-act opera without all that pompous nonsense - that was a happy reform.” - “I adore art...when I am alone with my notes, my heart pounds and the tears stream from my eyes, and my emotion and my joys are too much to bear.” - "How wonderful operas would be if only there were no singers!" - "It is better to invert reality than to copy it." - "The success of our operas rests most of the time in the hands of the conductor. This person is as necessary as a tenor or a prima donna." La Traviata in Valencia Marketcreate & buy custom products at Zazzle Amazon storesAmazon.com (USA)Nabucco
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