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Verdi

American

[vair-dee, ver-dee] / ˈvɛər di, ˈvɛr di /

noun

Giuseppe 1813–1901, Italian composer.

Verdi British

/ ˈvɛədɪ, ˈverdi /

noun

Giuseppe (dʒuˈzɛppe). 1813–1901, Italian composer of operas, esp Rigoletto (1851), Il Trovatore (1853), La Traviata (1853), and Aïda (1871)

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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

Commerzbank staff have also opposed the move, and union Verdi warned that the German lender could be "dismantled" in the event of takeover.

From Barron's ● Mar. 16, 2026

By making the waltz a unifying element in an opera about a courtesan, Verdi accomplished both.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 13, 2026

The Verdi union, negotiating on behalf of about 100,000 workers, said Tuesday it had decided to ramp up pressure on local authorities after making little progress in annual negotiations.

From Barron's ● Feb. 24, 2026

Tchaikovsky wasn’t the first heavyweight Russian composer who wrote in the mainstream international idiom, the same milieu as Beethoven, Berlioz, Verdi or Brahms.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall

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