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Giuseppe Verdi
Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi was known for operas such as Rigoletto (1851).
Giuseppe Verdi revised his 1847 opera Macbeth in 1865 primarily to excise some of the work's original crudities. While he recognized the opera's inherent strength and originality—particularly the harrowing sleepwalking scene of Lady Macbeth, which he left largely unchanged—he sought to refine the composition to better align with his evolving artistic standards.1