![]() ![]() ![]() The despondent Verdi resolved never to compose again until the maestro at La Scala, Bartolomeo Merelli, forced the libretto for Nabucco on him. As a result, Verdi’s next opera, Un giorno di regno, was a complete failure. Tragically, the composer’s wife and two children all died shortly after the premier. It ran for multiple performances and was well received, winning him a contract for three additional operas. In November of 1839 Verdi’s first opera, Oberto, conte di San Bonifacio, was accepted at La Scala. He held the position for nearly three years, during which time he and Margherita had two children, before the young family moved back to Milan. It was then that he returned to Busetto to marry Margherita Barezzi and to accept the position of maestro of the Busetto Philharmonic. Verdi bounced back and forth between Milan and Busseto until 1836. His application was rejected because he was over the age limit and, instead, he began studying with Vincenzo Lavigna, a composer and maestro at La Scala. There, Verdi gave singing and piano lessons to Barezzi’s daughter, Margherita, whom he would later marry, while he continued to take lessons on musical composition and instrumental playing from Ferdinando Provesi, maestro of the local Philharmonic society.Īt the age of 18, with Barezzi’s financial support and Provesi’s glowing references, Verdi traveled to Milan and applied to the conservatory. He eventually moved into the house of Antonio Barezzi, a local merchant and devoted amateur musician. In 1823, he moved to the larger and nearby city of Busetto, where he became heavily involved in the city’s musical life both as a composer and as a performer. Verdi’s strong musical inclinations were evident at an early age and his musical training began at the local church, where by the age of nine he was the full-time organist. His mother, Luigia Uttini, was a spinner and his father, Carlo, was an innkeeper and very determined to provide his son with a good education. In fact, Verdi’s original birth certificate is French with his name registered as Joseph Fortunin François.ĭespite his later claims of an illiterate peasant upbringing, Verdi came from a family of traders and small landowners. When Verdi was born, the village of Roncole, and its surrounding province of Parma, was under the control of the French. At this time, however, the country of Italy did not yet exist but, rather, the area was made up of several small states, most under the domination of foreign powers. Giuseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi was born on Octoin the small village of Roncole in Italy. ![]()
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