Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901) is a great Italian opera composer. 1813 10 June10 was born in Longgaole country inn in Palma, Italy, five months later than Wagner who was born in Leipzig. His father is a local hotel owner and grocer. This is a poor peasant family. His father sent him to a shoemaker's house near busetto. When he was young, he studied music from a country musician, where he studied the organ and worked in the town orchestra. When he was sent to Milan Conservatory of Music by the townspeople, he was rejected because he was too old (14 years old or older). Then he studied music with lavinia. /kloc-returned to busetto in 0/838 and began to compose operas. Later, he began to compose his first opera "oberth Toto, Count of Bonifacio", which was performed at the Scala Opera House at the age of 26 in 1839. The opera was a great success, and he won the contract to create three new operas. 1842, due to the success of the opera nabucco, he became a first-class Italian composer. 1848 Entrusted by Ma Zhini, he wrote a patriotic song "Blow the Horn". The early operas nabucco, Lombardy and Onani, written in the 1940s, showed the spirit of patriotism and resistance to foreign oppression, and inspired the unification and independence movement of the Italian bourgeoisie at that time. In the mid-1950s and 1960s, there were operas such as Ligoletto (translated as a jester), Poet Troupe and La Traviata. The musical language refined on the basis of Italian folk songs and folk dance music vividly depicts the personalities of a series of characters, touches on some social problems and expresses sympathy for the injured. The operas in the late 1970s and 1990s, represented by AIDA and Othello, are innovative in the history of Italian opera, and often combine recitations and arias in music, which has rich orchestral effects. Besides more than 30 operas, there are Memories in memory of Monzoni and several pieces of music. At that time, Italy was in the revolutionary wave of getting rid of Austrian rule. Verdi is known as "the musician of Italian revolution". His opera works Lombardy, Ernane, Azra, Battle of Leniano and some revolutionary songs encourage people to fight. The 1950s was the peak of Verdi's creation. He worked hard and wrote seven operas, including The Clown, The Bard, La Traviata and The Masquerade, which established his position as an opera master. Later, at the request of the Egyptian Governor-General, he wrote Ayida for the opening ceremony of the Suez Canal. After Verdi wrote AIDA, he never wrote any operas in 16 years. In his later years, he created the last two thrilling plays based on Shakespeare's plays-the tragedy otero and the comedy Falstaff. Verdi was the most representative composer of Italian opera during the Renaissance in the19th century. Born in a small business family, I applied for Milan Conservatory of Music, but I was not admitted. Later, I studied composition and orchestration with lavinia. Based on national folk music and drawing lessons from foreign advanced experience, the creation has achieved fruitful results. Opera is famous for its social and realistic theme, simple and true characters and environment, close combination of music and drama, leading position of vocal music singing and changeable and moving melody.
Giuseppe Verdi
He composed 26 operas in his life, made good use of Italian folk tones and had rich orchestral effects. In particular, he can vividly depict the dramatist's desire, personality and inner world, and has strong touching power, making him one of the most popular opera composers in the world.