Giuseppe Verdi

Giuseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi

Pre-eminent composer of opera from Italy, his operas remained popular even today.
Born 10 October 1813 in Le Roncole near Busseto, First French Empire (today Italy) and died 27 January 1901 in Milan, Italy.

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