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Verdi

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

noun

  1. Giuseppe 1813–1901, Italian composer.


Verdi British  
/ ˈvɛədɪ, ˈverdi /

noun

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

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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

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

In his 18th opera, Giuseppe Verdi provocatively made the lead role a courtesan in contemporary Paris.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 13, 2026

By my count, Philip Glass has written 28 operas, the same number as Verdi.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 5, 2026

In the last season of her life, the Kennedy Center presents operas by Giuseppe Verdi, Wolfgang Mozart, and Jules Massenet.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly

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