Verdi
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noun
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Despite the audience booing at the 1853 premiere, which Verdi and his librettist, Francesco Maria Piave, called “a fiasco,” “Traviata” has never strayed long from the stage.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026
In his 18th opera, Giuseppe Verdi provocatively made the lead role a courtesan in contemporary Paris.
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
Human bobbleheads of Italian composers Rossini, left, Puccini and Verdi.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 6, 2026
She hummed what she recalled of Verdi and bumped her elbow on an old pie tin pretending it was a tambourine.
From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith
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