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Giuseppe verdi born on the 10th of october, 1813 at Le Roncole, a poor village near the city of Busseto
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His grand-opera 'Aida' (1871) was premiered in Cairo as part of the celebrations of the opening of the Suez Canal, and became an instant success.
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His first opera, Oberto (1839), was a successful production by Milan's Theatro La Scala.
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Nabucco (1842) made Verdi famous
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In 1853 Verdi 's masterpiece 'La Traviata' was produced in Venice.
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In 1861 Verdi wrote 'La forza del destino' commissioned by the Imperial Theatre in St. Petersburg,
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It was performed with great success in 1862, and became part of a standard operatic repertoire ever since.
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'Otello' (1887), based on the eponymous play by Shakespeare.
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Verdi's last and musically most brilliant, rich and expressive opera, 'Falstaff' (1893), was based on the Shakespeare's play "The Merry Wives of Windsor" in the adaptation of Victor Hugo.
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Giuseppe Verdi died 6 days after he suffered from a stroke.Giuseppe Verdi died in Milan on January 27, 1901 at the age of 87.
