Opprandino Arrivabene | |
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Born | Mantua, Italy | 11 September 1807
Died | 2 January 1887 Rome, Italy | (aged 79)
Occupation | Journalist |
Opprandino Arrivabene (11 September 1807 – 2 January 1887) was an Italian journalist and patriot. A native of Mantua, he led a peripatetic life, living in Milan, Naples, Genoa, Turin, Florence and finally Rome where he died at the age of 79. He was a lifelong friend of the composer Giuseppe Verdi with whom he had a correspondence of over 200 letters spanning 50 years.