The Resume

(October 9, 1813-January 27, 1901)
Wrote 'Nabucco (1842),' 'Ernani (1844),' 'Macbeth (1847),' 'Luisa Miller (1849),' 'Rigoletto (1851),' 'La Traviata (1853),' 'Il Trovatore (1853),' 'Un Ballo in Maschera (1859),' 'La Forza del Destino (1862),' 'Don Carlos (1867),' 'Aïda (1871),' 'Requiem (1874),' 'Otello (1887)' and 'Falstaff (1893)'

Why he might be annoying:

He failed to get into music school.
His music is used in a LOT of spaghetti sauce commercials.

Why he might not be annoying:

His chorus 'Va, Pensiero' is the unofficial national anthem of Italy.
His first wife and two children all died within a three-year time period.
He had a long and happy relationship with his second wife.
He founded a home for invalids.
His style evolved over the years.
Many consider him to be the greatest opera composer of all time.
Almost all his works are still performed today.

Credit: Wieland Kalligaro

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• 20 Most Requested Pieces of Music on 'Desert Island Discs' (Ranked: 14)
• About.com's Top 10 Classical Works You Know, But You Don't (Ranked: 5)
• An Asteroid was Named in My Honor (Ranked: 3975)
• An Asteroid was Named in My Honor (Ranked: 861)
• An Asteroid was Named in My Honor (Ranked: 557)
• Classical Top 100 (Ranked: 86)
• Classical Top 100 (Ranked: 98)
• Classical Top 100 (Ranked: 70)
• Google Modified Its Logo For My Birthday (Google Doodles)
• I Inspired a Musical
• I Outlived My Child
• I Sing About Getting Even
• Look at Me, I'm Wearing a Cowboy Hat
• Monty Python's Decomposing Composers
• Opera Singers and Composers
• Profiles 10501-10750 (Ranked: 10726)
• Top 10 Operas Most Frequently Performed at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York (Ranked: 2)
• Top 10 Operas Most Frequently Performed at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York (Ranked: 4)
• Top 10 Operas Most Frequently Performed at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York (Ranked: 6)
• Top 10 Operas Most Frequently Performed at the Royal Opera House, London (Ranked: 3)
• Top 10 Operas Most Frequently Performed at the Royal Opera House, London (Ranked: 4)
• Top 10 Operas Most Frequently Performed at the Royal Opera House, London (Ranked: 8)
• Wieland Kalligaro's Profiles [Series 1]

Year In Review:

For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2023, Out of 16 Votes: 37.50% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 3 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 11 Votes: 54.55% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 138 Votes: 47.10% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 12 Votes: 58.33% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 26 Votes: 57.69% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 75 Votes: 77.33% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 37 Votes: 81.08% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 2548 Votes: 34.62% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 118 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 103 Votes: 48.54% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 118 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 88 Votes: 46.59% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 399 Votes: 43.11% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 414 Votes: 40.10% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 285 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 813 Votes: 43.54% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 877 Votes: 41.96% Annoying
In 2005, Out of 463 Votes: 43.41% Annoying
In 2004, Out of 839 Votes: 41.12% Annoying