When Giuseppe Verdi (1813 - 1901) started working on the opera Nabucco in the early 1840s, it was hard to foresee a promising career that would make him the most successful opera composer of all time. On the contrary: Verdi was already around 30 years old when he celebrated his breakthrough at Milan's La Scala with Nabucco; his private life had been hit ...
Composer: Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Vocal