Please wait http://xxxxxxxx.in.net/ mom xxx Verdi, however, has no need of a lobby or special pleading. His genius is universal, beyond fashion or opinion, and his music needs no promotion or defence. He would harrumph at the thought of posterity erecting statues and spouting speeches in his memory: remember me by performing the operas as well as you can, he would say, and don’t forget the royalty cheque. Celebrity – his own or anyone else’s – was not something that impressed him.