Premiere of Il trovatore

Date: January 19, 1853 • Location: Rome, Italy

Giuseppe Verdi's opera Il trovatore receives its premiere performance in Rome.

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.