Initially meeting with incredible acclaim throughout Europe, the opera-based on William Shakespeare's play Othello-continues to be regarded as one of the greatest operas of all time. As a young man he lost his wife and both his children in the space of just. Completed in 1886, the four-act opera was performed for the first time at Milan's Teatro alla Scala on February 5, 1887. Giuseppe Verdi lived a life with more moments of tragedy than most of us could take. Final Worksĭespite his retirement plans, in the mid-1880s, through a connection initiated by longtime friend Giulio Ricordi, Verdi collaborated with composer and novelist Arrigo Boito (also known as Enrico Giuseppe Giovanni Boito) to complete Otello. Four years later, in 1874, Verdi completed Messa da Requiem (best known simply as Requiem), which was meant to be his final composition. It is said that Marie lost her virginity at the age of 12, and by age 16 she decided on a career as a courtesan in Paris. Born on 15 January 1824, her father wasn’t a particularly pleasant man, and early on sold his daughter to a variety of men. Comprising a popular operatic series throughout the decades were Rigoletto (1851), Il trovatore (1853), La traviata (1853), Don Carlos (1867) and Aida, which premiered at the Cairo Opera House in 1871. Marie Duplessis (1824-1847) was one of the most famous and sought-after French courtesans of her time. For the rest of the 1840s, and through the 1850s, '60s and '70s, Verdi continued to garner success and fame.
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