As he became professionally successful he was able to reduce his operatic workload and sought to establish himself as a landowner in his native region. ![]() An intensely private person, Verdi did not seek to ingratiate himself with popular movements. The chorus " Va, pensiero" from his early opera Nabucco (1842), and similar choruses in later operas, were much in the spirit of the unification movement, and the composer himself became esteemed as a representative of these ideals. He also participated briefly as an elected politician. In his early operas, Verdi demonstrated a sympathy with the Risorgimento movement which sought the unification of Italy. ![]() Verdi came to dominate the Italian opera scene after the era of Gioachino Rossini, Gaetano Donizetti, and Vincenzo Bellini, whose works significantly influenced him. He was born near Busseto to a provincial family of moderate means, receiving a musical education with the help of a local patron. ![]() Giuseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi ( Italian: 9 or 10 October 1813 – 27 January 1901) was an Italian composer best known for his operas. Portrait of Giuseppe Verdi by Giovanni Boldini, 1886
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