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2	[[caption-width-right:901:Portrait of Joe Green by Giovanni Boldini, 1886]]
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4	->''"I wish that every young man when he begins to write music would not concern himself with being a melodist, a harmonist, a realist, an idealist or a futurist or any other such devilish pedantic things. Melody and harmony should be simply tools in the hands of the artist, with which he creates music; and if a day comes when people stop talking about the German school, the Italian school, the past, the future, etc., etc., then art will perhaps come into its own."''
5	-->-- '''Giuseppe Verdi''', Letter to Opprandino Arrivabene
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7	Giuseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi, or [[Creator/VictorBorge Joe Green]], if you like, (10 October 1813 -- 27 January 1901) was an Italian composer and perhaps ''the'' biggest name in Romantic-era Italian {{opera}}. His ''Requiem Mass'', which he composed in memory of Creator/AlessandroManzoni, is also one of the most popular classical choral works.
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9	He is mentioned as being dead in the song "Decomposing Composers" by Creator/MichaelPalin sang on Creator/MontyPython's ''Audioplay/MontyPythonsContractualObligationAlbum''.
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12	!! His operas include:
13	* ''[[Theatre/AidaVerdi Aïda]]'' (known for the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMCQgzsQ5uw Triumphal March]] and for being remade as the Elton John musical ''Theatre/{{Aida\|JohnRice}}'')
14	* ''Theatre/{{Attila}}''
15	* ''Theatre/UnBalloInMaschera''
16	* ''Theatre/DonCarlo''
17	* ''Theatre/{{Falstaff}}'' (based on Creator/WilliamShakespeare's ''Theatre/TheMerryWivesOfWindsor'')
18	* ''Theatre/LaForzaDelDestino''
19	* ''Theatre/{{I Lombardi alla prima crociata}}''
20	* ''Luisa Miller'' (based on Theatre/IntrigueAndLove)
21	* ''Theatre/{{Macbeth}}''
22	* ''Theatre/{{Nabucco}}''
23	* ''Theatre/{{Otello}}'' (''someone'' was a Creator/{{Shakespeare}} {{fanboy}})
24	* ''Theatre/{{Rigoletto}}'' (source of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8A3zetSuYRg "La donna e mobile"]], a tune synonymous with opera for even non-fans)
25	* ''Theatre/SimonBoccanegra''
26	* ''Theatre/{{Stiffelio}}''
27	* ''Theatre/LaTraviata'' (based on ''La Dame aux camelias'' by Creator/AlexandreDumasFils. It has [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NcKdnkGBSgA Il Brindisi]] aka the Drinking Song and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C58XiYewTlE Sempre libera]])
28	* ''Theatre/IlTrovatore'' (the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXFZckzjcKw Anvil Chorus]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0_UG2UnM7o "Di quella pira"]])
29	* ''Theatre/IVespriSiciliani''
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31	!!Tropes associated to Verdi's works:
32	%%* AuthorAppeal
33	* BaritoneOfStrength: Some of the most famous baritone roles come from here. Theatre/{{Rigoletto}}, [[Theatre/IlTrovatore Count di Luna]], [[Theatre/DonCarlo Rodrigo]], Theatre/{{Nabucco}}, and [[Theatre/{{Otello}} Iago]] are just a few of them.
34	* {{Bowdlerization}}: ''Un ballo in maschera'' and ''Rigoletto'' had to be rewritten to mask the similarities to a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gustav_III_of_Sweden#Assassination real life royal murder]] ''and'' some plays inspired on it (''Ballo'') and a play by Creator/VictorHugo (''Rigoletto'')
35	* BrokenBird: More than one of his female leads, like Violetta from ''Theatre/LaTraviata'' or Aïda.
36	%%* DeusAngstMachina
37	* DrivenToSuicide[=/=]SpurnedIntoSuicide[=/=]UriahGambit: Many causes of death in his operas.
38	* FollowTheLeader: His early operas were inspired by Rossini's and Creator/GaetanoDonizetti's.
39	* FunWithAcronyms: During the Italian independence wars in the mid-19th century, graffiti saying "Viva Verdi" (long live Verdi) were a common sight in North-eastern Italy, then under Austrian rule. What looked like an innocuous fanboy thing was in fact a coded political message, with "VERDI" standing in for '''V'''ittorio '''E'''manuele '''R'''e '''D'I'''talia ("Victor Emmanuel, King of Italy"; Victor Emmanuel II of Savoy was the King of Sardinia who eventually united Italy under his rule in 1861).
40	%% * Getting Crap Past The Radar: Due to overwhelming and persistent misuse, GCPTR is on-page examples only until 01 June 2021. If you are reading this in the future, please check the trope page to make sure your example fits the current definition.
41	* HistoricalFiction:
42	** ''Un Ballo in Maschera'' deals with the assassination of Gustav III of Sweden.
43	** ''Theatre/SimonBoccanegra'' is about the first Doge of Genoa.
44	%%* {{Melodrama}}
45	* OutlivingOnesOffspring: For many of his characters (Rigoletto, Miller, Fiesco…). Verdi’s own two children died early, so he understood what it was like.
46	* PoorCommunicationKills: Literally, many times. One that comes to mind is ''[[Theatre/IntrigueAndLove Luisa Miller]]'', where the title character is forced to pretend that she never loved Rodolfo in the first place, driving Rodolfo to murder-suicide.
47	* SiblingRivalry: Pagano and Arvino in his fourth opera, ''I lombardi alla prima crociata'' ("The Lombards at the First Crusade").
48	%%* StarCrossedLovers: So many.
49	%%* TheWoobie: Many.[[invoked]]

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