1) Opera by Giuseppe Verdi 
[opera] It was Verdi`s first opera, written over a period of four years and it was first performed at the Teatro alla Scala, Milan, on 17 November 1839. The La Scala production enjoyed `a fair success` and the theatre`s impresario, Bartolomeo Merelli, commissioned two further operas from the young composer. ==Composition history== During hi...