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 ...

Verdi persevered in his ambitions by taking private lessons. After his studies with one Vincenzo Lavigna, from whom he acquired a thorough mastery of counter point, fugue and canon, Verdi applied for ...

Giuseppe Verdi (or 'Joe Green' in English ... huge choruses and music that is impactful builds a texture that makes you think wow! No other composer of Italian opera has managed to match the ...