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Giuseppe Verdi

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born

October 09, 1813 in Le Roncole, Parma, Italy

died

January 27, 1901

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Giuseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi(October 9 or 10, 1813 – January 27, 1901) was an Italian Romantic composer, mainly of opera. He was one of the most influential composers of Italian opera in the 19th century. His works are frequently performed in opera houses throughout the world and, transcending the boundaries of the genre, some of his themes have long since taken root in popular culture - such as "La donna è mobile" from Rigoletto, "Va, pensiero" (The Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves) from Nabucco, and "Libiamo ne' lieti calici" (The Drinking Song) from La traviata. Although his work was sometimes criticized for using a generally diatonic rather than a chromatic musical idiom and having a tendency toward melodrama, Verdi’s masterworks domin...more

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Books by Giuseppe Verdi

Average rating: 4.24 · 181 ratings · 28 reviews · 183 distinct works

	Aïda by Giuseppe Verdi, Leontyne Price, Leo Dillon (Illustrator) 4.28 avg rating — 76 ratings — published 1871 — 28 editions	My rating:
	La Traviata [With 2 CDs] by Giuseppe Verdi, William Berger (Commentaries by), Daniel S. Brink (Designed by) 4.00 avg rating — 37 ratings — published 1853 — 21 editions	My rating:
	Rigoletto: English National Opera Guide 15 by Giuseppe Verdi, Victor Hugo, Nicholas John (Editor) 4.28 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 1851 — 26 editions	My rating:
	Il Trovatore 3.80 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 1952 — 14 editions	My rating:
	Otello in Full Score by Giuseppe Verdi, Opera and Choral Scores 3.92 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 1986 — 19 editions	My rating:
	Macbeth: English National Opera Guide 41 by Giuseppe Verdi, Nicholas John (Editor) 5.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1847 — 8 editions	My rating:
	The Verdi-Boito Correspondence by Giuseppe Verdi, Arrigo Boito, Marcello Conati (Editor) 5.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1986	My rating:
	Seven Verdi Librettos: With the Original Italian by Giuseppe Verdi, William Weaver 5.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — 2 editions	My rating:
	Falstaff: English National Opera Guide 10 by Giuseppe Verdi, Arrigo Boito, J. Calder 4.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1893 — 10 editions	My rating:
	Don Carlo : Oper in fünf Akten nach Friedrich Schillers gleichnamigem Drama ; Textbuch italienisch-deutsch = Don Carlos 4.00 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1986 — 10 editions	My rating: