{"id":14354,"date":"2013-10-10T10:13:02","date_gmt":"2013-10-09T23:13:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/soundslikesydney.com.au\/?p=14354"},"modified":"2013-10-10T10:13:02","modified_gmt":"2013-10-09T23:13:02","slug":"verdis-bicentenary-is-today-the-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/soundslikesydney.com.au\/?p=14354","title":{"rendered":"Verdi&#8217;s Bicentenary &#8211; is today the day?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-14355\" alt=\"verdi\" src=\"https:\/\/soundslikesydney.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/verdi-181x240.jpg\" width=\"181\" height=\"240\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Verdi was born in\u00a0a small village\u00a0in the Duchy of Parma where the baptismal register of\u00a0 October 11th\u00a0states that he was\u00a0\u2018born yesterday\u2019. 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