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Giuseppe Verdi was an Italian operatic composer. He was raided as a duchy. He was born on October 10, 1813, in Roncole. Berdi first studied music in the town of Bussesto. In 1832 Verdi was rejected to study with the Milan Conservatory because of his age. He became the pupil of composer Vincenzo Lavigna.
Then returned to Bussesto in 1833 as conductor. At the age of 25 Verdi again went to Milan. His first opera, Oberto, was produced at La Scala with some success in 1839. His next work, the comic opera Un giorno di regno (King for a Day), it was a failure. After Berdi has suffered the deaths of his wife and two children, he decided to give up composing. More than a year later Giuseppe returned and he wrote the successful opera Nabucco (1842).

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