Verdi, Giuseppe
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007
...and the masterpieces of his old age, Otello (1887) and Falstaff (1893; based on The Merry Wives of Windsor ), for both of...librettist. In these two late works, finished at ages 73 and 80, Verdi astonished the musical world with a power, subtlety, and brilliance...