Helene Posted October 10, 2013 Share Posted October 10, 2013 Giuseppe Verdi was born two hundred years ago today, on 10 October 1911. Link to comment
Birdsall Posted October 10, 2013 Share Posted October 10, 2013 Thank God he was born!!!! I will see his Jerusalem in Sarasota this season in honor of him. Sarasota Opera has been doing a Verdi Cycle for years performing every opera he ever wrote, so I have been able to see things like Alzira, the french Trovatore.... Le Trouvere, Oberto, etc. It is actually fascinating to see that he really grew as a composer. He didn't just come out of the womb a genius like I originally thought when I first got into opera. He got better and better and his early stuff is truly just like bel canto but you hear him grow into his own voice in later operas. My life would be less without Verdi in it. Happy Birthday, Verdi!!!! Too bad nobody can actually sing his works nowadays though! LOL Okay, that's my one little negative thought for today! LOL Link to comment
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