Listen to his operas and discuss how the music makes you feel:
La traviata
Il trovatore
Nabucco
Aida
Facts your child might know:
1. he wrote music
2. he died when he was 87
3. he was born in Italy
4. he wrote operas
5. he had a farm
6. he had a dog names Loulou
7. he liked to get cacti and palm trees as gifts
8. whenever he wrote and opera, he planted a tree
9. he had a parrot, cats and peacocks
10. he had cows and chickens
11. he had a beard and a mustache
12. he liked to wear a flower on his lapel
