Verdi

American

[vair-dee, ver-dee] / ˈvɛər di, ˈvɛr di /

noun

Giuseppe 1813–1901, Italian composer.

Verdi British

/ ˈvɛədɪ, ˈverdi /

noun

Giuseppe (dʒuˈzɛppe). 1813–1901, Italian composer of operas, esp Rigoletto (1851), Il Trovatore (1853), La Traviata (1853), and Aïda (1871)

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By making the waltz a unifying element in an opera about a courtesan, Verdi accomplished both.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026

In his 18th opera, Giuseppe Verdi provocatively made the lead role a courtesan in contemporary Paris.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026

The Verdi union, negotiating on behalf of about 100,000 workers, said Tuesday it had decided to ramp up pressure on local authorities after making little progress in annual negotiations.

From Barron's • Feb. 24, 2026

Verdi is negotiating on behalf of employees at about 150 public transport operators in all German states as well as major cities like Berlin and Hamburg.

From Barron's • Feb. 24, 2026

For his part, Verdi spoke nothing but praise about his acid- tongued contemporary, writing that Tristan und Isolde was ‘one of the finest creations that has ever issued from a human mind’.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall

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