"I adore art...when I am alone with my notes, my heart pounds and the tears stream from my eyes, and my emotion and my joys are too much to bear." – Giuseppe Verdi

200 years after his birth, we celebrate the anniversary of one of the most influential composers of operas of the nineteenth century, Giuseppe Verdi. As 2013 marks his bicentennial, the operatic world honors his contributions and achievements with countless performances of his famed works. Italy Magazine informs, "there are more than 360 planned events that are scheduled from New York and Sydney to Milan and Zurich" in honor of this renowned operatic titan. In Bahrain, Verdi's Rigoletto was performed for the first time this year; and, in Germany, Nabucco, by the Leipzig Opera.

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