The baptismal register, prepared on 11 October 1813, lists his parents Carlo and Luigia as "innkeeper" and "spinner" respectively. Verdi, the first child of Carlo Giuseppe Verdi (1785–1867) and Luigia Uttini (1787–1851), was born at their home in Le Roncole, a village near Busseto, then in the Département Taro and within the borders of the First French Empire following the annexation of the Duchy of Parma and Piacenza in 1808. The bicentenary of his birth in 2013 was widely celebrated in broadcasts and performances. His operas remain extremely popular, especially the three peaks of his 'middle period': Rigoletto, Il trovatore and La traviata. He surprised the musical world by returning, after his success with the opera Aida (1871), with three late masterpieces: his Requiem (1874), and the operas Otello (1887) and Falstaff (1893). As he became professionally successful, he was able to reduce his operatic workload and sought to establish himself as a landowner in his native region. An intensely private person, Verdi did not seek to ingratiate himself with popular movements. The chorus " Va, pensiero" from his early opera Nabucco (1842), and similar choruses in later operas, were much in the spirit of the unification movement, and the composer himself became esteemed as a representative of these ideals. He also participated briefly as an elected politician. In his early operas, Verdi demonstrated a sympathy with the Risorgimento movement which sought the unification of Italy.
Verdi came to dominate the Italian opera scene after the era of Gioachino Rossini, Gaetano Donizetti, and Vincenzo Bellini, whose works significantly influenced him. He was born near Busseto to a provincial family of moderate means, receiving a musical education with the help of a local patron. Giuseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi ( Italian: 9 or 10 October 1813 – 27 January 1901) was an Italian composer best known for his operas. Portrait of Giuseppe Verdi by Giovanni Boldini, 1886
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