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1813–1901 Italy
Giuseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi (10 October 1813 – 27 January 1901) was an Italian composer, responsible for many of the greatest operas of the 19th century, including Il trovatore, La traviata, Un ballo in maschera, Don Carlos, Aida and Otello.
Also known as: Verdi
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To copy the truth can be a good thing, but to invent the truth is better, much better.
Let us turn to the past: that will be progress.
Really superior artists judge without being prejudiced by school, nationality or period. If the artists of north and south exhibit different tendencies, it is good that they are different!
I deny that either singers or conductors can "create" or work creatively – this, as I have always said, is a conception that leads to the abyss.
If we let fashion, love of innovation, and an alleged scientific spirit tempt us to surrender the native quality of our own art, the free natural certainty of our work and perception, our bright golden light, then we are simply being stupid and senseless.
Avrai tu l'universo, resti l'Italia a me.
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