Giuseppe Verdi

77 videos • 2,894 views • by Old School Singers Giuseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi (Le Roncole, Busseto, October 10, 1813-Milan, January 27, 1901) was a 19th-century Italian romantic composer of opera, the most notable and influential composer of Italian opera and a bridge between bel canto Rossini, Bellini and Donizetti and the current of Puccini verismo. He was the author of some of the most popular titles in the lyrical repertoire, such as those that make up his popular or romantic trilogy: Rigoletto, Il trovatore and La traviata and mature masterpieces such as Don Carlos, Aida, Otello and Falstaff.