the composer’s name/political slogan was to be seen. The cries of ‘Viva Verdi’ could be heard as vociferously in the opera house as in the street. Verdi, however, disliked direct involvement with ...

Giacomo Puccini, the most famous composer of his time ... Like the great German composer, the Italian opera genius also came from a respected dynasty of church musicians. From the early 18th ...

The death of Verdi, the great Italian opera composer, calls to mind the indebtedness ... Verdi, for example, was indebted to famous literary works for some of his finest inspirations.