Although soldiers and statesmen played a key role in what unfolded, Giuseppe Verdi’s music provided the soundtrack to the desire for independence. Through his many works, Verdi reflected ...

Giuseppe Verdi (or 'Joe Green' in English ... Dies Irae' and 'Tuba Mirum' are sections of a larger piece of religious music called 'Requiem'. Verdi composed his 'Requiem' in 1874 in memory ...

There are fewer settings more grand, more exotic, more regal and opulent than ancient Egypt. So when Giuseppe Verdi, one of Italy’s most famous composers of opera all through the ...

Giuseppe Verdi, one of the greatest musicians in history and a symbol of Italian unification, tried to give up music when he composed ... executed in its original form. Soprano Kisepina Strepponi ...

In 1848, for a French-language production of Nabucco at the Théâtre de la Monnaie in Brussels, Giuseppe Verdi was asked to compose ballet music—a requirement of French grand opéra.

In a review of the Sarasota Opera’s 2005 production, the late Herald-Tribune music critic Richard Storm wrote: “You have to hand it to Giuseppe Verdi – no matter what the circumstances ...

Giuseppe Verdi (or 'Joe Green' in English ... Dies Irae' and 'Tuba Mirum' are sections of a larger piece of religious music called 'Requiem'. Verdi composed his 'Requiem' in 1874 in memory ...