Giuseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi (1813-1901) is a great Italian composer. His creative works are one of the greatest achievements of world opera art and a culmination of development of the Italian opera of the XIX century.
Verdi became famous due to operas “Nabucco” (1841) and “The Lombards on the First Crusade” (1842). Then there were next several works: “The Sicilian Vespers”, “The Troubadour”, “A Masked Ball”, “The Force of Destiny”, the second edition of the opera “Macbeth”. The opera “Aida” was ordered by the government of Egypt in order to celebrate the opening of the Suez Canal. His last work “Falstaff” (1892) is a witty, lambent, humorous opera in genre of Italian opera-buffa. It surprises with its cheerful and perfect skill.
The envelope with a commemorative stamp depicts a composition of symbols of different art directions: liras, palettes, books, pens, columns of theater curtain; a portrait of Giuseppe Verdi on the background of the cover and a fragment from score opera “Falstaff”.
| Denomination |
Printing company |
Paper |
Printing method |
Format of the envelope |
Glue layer |
Edition |
| Letter “A” |
Ryazh Printing Factory of Goznak (RPFG) |
High Whiteness Modified (HWM) |
Offset |
110 × 220 mm |
glue |
1000000 |