Verdi

Giuseppe Verdi was born in Roncole, Italy, October 10, 1813.

How many operas, in all, did Verdi compose?

Verdi wrote thirty operas.

Besides the thirty operas Verdi wrote a string quartet, the Manzoni Requiem, and a national hymn.

What instruments did Verdi play as a boy?

After Verdi had composed Aida he wrote no more operas for sixteen years.

For a period of sixteen years Verdi wrote no operas. Then he produced his two great works, Othello and Falstaff.

What did Verdi love to do besides compose music?

Among the great composers who were alive when Verdi was a little boy were: Beethoven, Schubert, Berlioz and Schumann.

I really like the operas of Giuseppe Verdi.