After his proposal for an opera based on King Lear failed, he composed A Masked Ball which was shortly followed by The Force of Destiny.
This man's sole venture into chamber music, his String Quartet in E Minor, was first performed in the foyer of the Hotel delle Crocelle. He was originally lined up to compose the opera Froufrou, with libretto by Meilhac and Halevy. He wrote a number of operas after the works of Friedrich Schiller, including I Masnadieri from The Robbers and Luisa Miller from Cabal and Love, while his Jerusalem was a continuation of his earlier work I Lombardi. After his proposal for an opera based on King Lear failed, he composed A Masked Ball which was shortly followed by The Force of Destiny. Many of his best-known operas feature prominent choral numbers, such as one sung by Hebrew Slaves, two sung by Gypsies and another sung by priestesses of Ptah. FTP name this prolific Italian composer of operas such as Rigoletto, La Traviata and Aida.
This man's sole venture into chamber music, his String Quartet in E Minor, was first performed in the foyer of the Hotel delle Crocelle.
Giuseppe Verdi