LYRIC OPERA AND ROMANCE – Giuseppe Verdi, the pride of a farmer, on the stages of the world

He was born in Roncole of Busseto, near Parma, on a day in October of 1813, and would become the author of many dramas, which are part of the repertoire of theaters worldwide. Giuseppe Verdi is a composer always looking for new players, which inspire their works, also attending Paris (the artistic capital of Europe in those years). His operas are staged all over the world. In the 2013-2014 concert season, La Traviata https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49UZa0TO2zQ has been the most performed opera, Rigoletto is eighth https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntnokC6wvcs and twelfth Aida https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSidRMDsGZI Giuseppe Verdi’s music evokes cultural and political resonances.

Excerpts from his Requiem https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHQa56G6f70 were present at the ceremony commemorating Diana, Princess of Wales. Art lover, he prefers all that is living image, with clearly defined outlines. Composer meticulous, great dramatic sensitivity equipped for all his life he wanted to be an experimenter, a thing that allowed him to perceive the changing tastes of the public, without giving up their beliefs as a man and artist. For many years he was considered a quiet man touched by genius, an outspoken man of rare honesty. This was associated with that of ardent patriot, for which Italy was not yet united. He has always remained attentive to the currents of thought that traveled his time, keenly aware of its value. He will die in a cold January day in 1901, with the funeral of Italian state became nation.