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verdi, giuseppe

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Ver·di   (vâr'dē)   
Italian composer of operas, including La Traviata (1853), Aïda (1871), and Otello (1887). He is credited with raising Italian opera to its fullest artistic form.
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Verdi, Giuseppe

A nineteenth-century Italian composer, a master of Italian grand opera. Among his best-known operas are A&idie;da, Otello, Rigoletto, and La Traviata.

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