Giuseppe Verdi

Italian Romantic composer whose operas — Nabucco (1842), Rigoletto (1851), La Traviata (1853) — were intertwined with the Risorgimento movement. His name became an acrostic cheer for Italian unification (V.E.R.D.I. = Vittorio Emanuele Re D'Italia).

• Roles: Composer, Opera Composer