Giuseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi (either
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 and went well beyond the work of
Bellini,
Donizetti, and
Rossini. 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 and "
Libiamo ne' lieti calici" from
La traviata. Although his work was sometimes criticized as catering to the tastes of the common folk, using a generally
diatonic rather than a
chromatic musical idiom, and having a tendency towards
melodrama, Verdi’s masterworks dominate the standard repertoire a century and a half after their composition.
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