
Giuseppe Verdi was born in 1813 and lived until 1901, his life spanning nearly a century of political turmoil and considerable personal turmoil. This 1982 biographical television miniseries, as seen on PBS's Great Performances, dramatizes the life of this classic Italian composer known for operas including La Traviata, Rigoletto, and Aida and his Requiem.

as Giuseppe Verdi

as Giuseppina Strepponi

as Antonio Barezzi

as Margherita Barezzi

as Maria Barezzi

as Carlo Verdi

as Teresa Stolz

as Angelo Mariani

as Francesco Maria Piave

as Giuseppe Verdi da bambino

as Giuseppe Verdi da giovane

as Daniele Ranzoni

as Emanuele Muzio

as Giulio Ricordi

as Giovannino Barezzi

as Arrigo Boito

as Camillo Benso di Cavour

as Impresario Bartolomeo Merelli

as Franco Faccio

as Finola

as Temistocle Solera

as Clara Maffei

as Anina

as Gaetano Donizetti


as Achilles de Tamberlic