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What was Verdi's last opera? Italian composer of operas
Giuseppe Verdi was born on this date in 1813. Though he showed musical promise as a youngster, Verdi's early progress was not a given. He hoped to study organ at the Milan Conservatory, but was not accepted to the school, due to what they deemed his inadequate training. So, Verdi studied privately; his pieces met with acclaim, with many of them performed eventually at
La Scala. Among his most famous works are
Rigoletto,
Il Trovatore,
La Traviata,
Don Carlos and
Aida. A fan of
William Shakespeare, Verdi wrote operas based on three of his plays:
Macbeth,
Othello and his final opera, the comic
Falstaff. When Verdi died in 1901, nearly 30,000 people lined the streets for his funeral procession.
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