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Giuseppe Verdi Busts

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Statue History

Kleinhans site


Forest Lawn site

Emerson Barr, "Verdi Monument"

As seen at Forest Lawn Cemetery in Buffalo, New York ... [the] bust of Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi was dedicated in 1996 by the City of Buffalo, the Buffalo Arts Commission, and the Federation of Italian-American Societies "in tribute to the many accomplishments of the Italian-American community in this cemetery, the City of Buffalo, and all of Western New York".
The sculpture is one of two locally-sited copies of Antonio Ugo's famous 1902 bust whose original is located outside the Teatro Massimo in Palermo, Sicily (the other copy 
can be seen in front of Kleinhans Music Hall facing the east end of Porter Avenue).


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Andre Carrotflower, Wikimedia Commons (online July 2026)


2015 photos
Kleinhans  Music Hall Site


Bronze bust on engraved granite base


























Antonio Ugo, sculptor



2015 photos
Forest Lawn Cemetery Site














Tuscan columns












Source: Emerson Barr, "City of Buffalo Public Art and  Monuments," 1973


Photos and their arrangement © 2015 Chuck LaChiusa
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