Verdi
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“A work-free Sunday is an absolute social achievement,” said Silke Zimmer, a Verdi board member.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026
The trade union Verdi said the proposal to scrap the early retirement scheme showed "a total disregard for the lifetime achievements of the people concerned".
From Barron's ● Jun. 23, 2026
Conlon’s pre-concert talks before every performance have become standing-room-only audience rituals on the second floor of the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, where he shares his enthusiasm for, in particular, Mozart, Wagner and Verdi.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 18, 2026
It’s as if an opera house devoted its entire season to three Puccini standards without even a glance at the works of Mozart, Verdi or Wagner.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 6, 2026
For his part, Verdi spoke nothing but praise about his acid- tongued contemporary, writing that Tristan und Isolde was ‘one of the finest creations that has ever issued from a human mind’.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
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