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As a composer, that is what he was drawn to. He did compose other works of different types, (The Requiem, and in his retirement an excellent String Quartet in E Minor and four Sacred Pieces, though he was irreligious) but the overwhelming body of his work is opera, yes.

If you mean the Requiem in D Minor, The Famous one used in many movies and such, unfinished before he died. The Requiem in its entirety, with repeats & as Mozart intended, is around an hour and a half. Other interpretations go back & play other movements again or skip some because of their questionable authenticity as to whether Mozart wrote them or not.

At the Grand Hotel in Milan, Italy on January 27, 1901.

Yes, although the marriage was short lived as his wife, Margherita, died just four years after they were wed. Margherita gave birth to two children, both of whom died in infancy while Verdi was working on his first opera.

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Aida

In a way, many people in the opera are responsible (whether directly or indirectly).

Gilda's direct cause of death is the stabbing administered by Sparafucile (a hired assassin). However, her father, Rigoletto, was the one who hired him, as he was planning to kill the Duke. But Gilda sacrificed herself because she loved the Duke. Sparafucile told his sister (Maddalena) that if anyone came to the inn before midnight (the time he was supposed to kill the Duke), that person could be killed and put in the body bag instead. So Gilda, knowing this, returns to the inn and gets stabbed by Sparafucile.

So, to make a long and somewhat complicated opera's story short:

Sparafucile is responsible because he stabbed Gilda.

Rigoletto is responsible because he hired Sparafucile for the job.

Gilda is responsible because she essentially commits suicide to save the Duke.

The Duke is responsible because he seduced Gilda in the first place.

Maddalena is responsible because she convinced Sparafucile to kill someone else instead of the Duke.

Verdi composed verismo opera.

An honor-bound father, a naive son, and a selfless girlfriend is a description of what the opera La Traviata is about. The opera by Giuseppe Verdi (October 9/10, 1813 - 27 January 27, 1901) -- with lyrics by Francesco Maria Piave (May 18, 1810 - March 5, 1876) -- offers an Italian musical version of La dame aux camélias by Alexandre Dumas, fils (July 27, 1824 - 27 November 27, 1895). Violetta serves as the selfless courtesan who manages to die in her true love's arms after Alfredo's father Giorgio repents breaking them up to ensure that his daughter will make a good marriage.

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