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VERDI, Giuseppe (1813-1901). Portrait photograph inscribed and signed ("G. Verdi"), to Madame Herve, Paris, 9 April 1880. 5 5/8 x 3 5/8 in., oval photograph, with inscription and signature with flourish on mount, slightly faded, in giltwood frame. A famous bust image of the opera composer, wearing a dark suit and Garibaldi beard.
Dating from his later years, after Verdi had established his reputation at La Scala with such masterpieces as Rigoletto (1851), Il Trovatore (1853) and La Traviata (1853). The masterpieces of his old age, Otello (1887) and Falstaff (1893) marked the culmination of Italian grand opera. In the 1860s his music was linked to the Monarchist cause (V[ictor] E[mmanuel] R[e] D'I[talia]) during the Risorgimento, when Garibaldi and the Red Shirts seized Sicily and Naples and Victor Emmanuel was proclaimed king of a united Italy.
Dating from his later years, after Verdi had established his reputation at La Scala with such masterpieces as Rigoletto (1851), Il Trovatore (1853) and La Traviata (1853). The masterpieces of his old age, Otello (1887) and Falstaff (1893) marked the culmination of Italian grand opera. In the 1860s his music was linked to the Monarchist cause (V[ictor] E[mmanuel] R[e] D'I[talia]) during the Risorgimento, when Garibaldi and the Red Shirts seized Sicily and Naples and Victor Emmanuel was proclaimed king of a united Italy.