Premiere of Falstaff

Date: February 9, 1893 • Location: Milan, Italy

Verdi's last opera, Falstaff, premieres at La Scala, Milan.

Giuseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi was an Italian composer best known for his operas. He was born near Busseto, a small town in the modern province of Parma, to a family of moderate means, receiving a musical education with the help of a local patron named Antonio Barezzi.