Verdi as a composer, Verdi and the Italian Risorgimento, Verdi as a farmer, Verdi in the movies, Verdi as national icon\u2026 How many performers can boast such a wide impact on fields other than the music? His portrait is everywhere: paintings, caricatures, postcards, stamps, dishes, cups, banknotes\u2026<\/p>\n
Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901) is undoubtedly one of the most important composer ever existed and a pop idol too. People is interested in his music and personal life made of tragic moments and big popularity, passionate love with the renowned soprano\u00a0Giuseppina Strepponi<\/a>\u00a0and attention to the political issues of his times.<\/p>\n Verdi\u2019s music and personality deeply influenced the culture in a crucial moment of the Italian history. Verdi went through almost a whole century during which Italy changed from a country subject to foreign rule to a unitary state. The composer followed the process with attention. This affected his art that was not intended for a small intellectual elite of people, far away from the problems and reality, but established a dialogue with the present and the current events. The opera \u201cLa battaglia di Legnano<\/a>\u201d (1849, lyrics by Salvadore Cammarano) has an obvious political message: the expulsion of Frederick I (also known as \u201cBarbarossa\u201d) symbolizes the banishment of the occupying foreigners from Italy.<\/p>\n