The Best of Verdi
The Best of Verdi
00:00:00 "La donna è mobile" - Rigoletto
00:02:21 "Va, pensiero, sull'ali dorate" - Nabucco
00:06:22 Overture - La Forza del Destino
00:09:29 "Un dì felice, Eterea" - La Traviata
00:12:55 "Mercè, Dilette Amiche" - I Vespri Siciliani
00:16:27 "Libiamo ne' lieti calici" (Brindisi)
00:19:23 "Di quella pira" - Il Trovatore
00:21:17 "Vedi! le fosche notturne spoglie"
00:23:58 "Stridi la Vampa" - Il Trovatore
00:26:26 "Ritorna vincitor!" - Aida
00:33:51 "Dio, che nell'alma infondere" - Don Carlo
00:38:28 Prelude - La Traviata
00:42:20 "Caro nome" - Rigoletto
00:48:15 "O don fatale" - Don Carlo
00:52:56 "Se quel guerrier io fossi... Celeste Aida" - Aida
00:57:57 "Ernani, involami" - Ernani
01:00:35 "Di tu se fedele" - Un Ballo in Maschera
01:03:54 "Morrò, ma prima in grazia" - Un Ballo in Maschera
01:08:34 "Quando le sere al placido" - Luisa Miller
01:12:11 Grand March - Aida
01:17:07 "Dies irae"
01:19:30 "Pace, pace, mio Dio" - La Forza del Destino
01:25:06 "Questa o quella" - Rigoletto
01:27:00 "Bella figlia dell'amore" - Rigoletto
01:30:58 "Ave Maria, piena di grazia" - Otello
01:35:47 "Parigi, o cara" - La Traviata
01:40:06 "Ah la paterna mano" - Macbeth
01:42:35 "Squilli, echeggi la tromba" - Il Trovatore
01:45:21 "O Carlo, ascolta" - Don Carlo
01:49:32 "Ingemisco" - Messa da Requiem
01:53:04 "Come in quest'ora bruna" - Simon Boccanegra
01:56:39 "Si colmi il calice di vino eletto" (Brindisi) - Macbeth
02:00:04 "O patria mia" - Aida
02:05:29 "La mia letizia infondere" - I Lombardi
02:07:50 "Lo sguardo avea degli angeli" - I Masnadieri
02:11:46 "Solenne in quest'ora" - La Forza del Destino
02:15:59 "Patria opressa" - Macbeth
02:20:51 "Tacea la notte placida" - Il Trovatore
02:24:34 "Dal più remoto esilio... O Dio solo, ed odio atroce" - I Due Foscari
02:29:27 "Spuntato ecco il dì d'esultanza" - Don Carlo
Giuseppe Verdi
Composer
Giuseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi was an Italian Romantic composer primarily known for his operas. Verdi and Richard Wagner are considered the two preeminent opera composers of the nineteenth century.
Born: October 10, 1813, Le Roncole, Italy
Died: January 27, 1901 (age 87) Milan, Lombardy, Italy
Born: October 10, 1813, Le Roncole, Italy
Died: January 27, 1901 (age 87) Milan, Lombardy, Italy
Children: Virginia Maria Luigia Verdi, Icilio Romano Verdi
He was born Giuseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi. His parents were landowners and innkeepers. Young Verdi received his first organ lessons at the age of 7. He studied composition privately with Ferdinando Provesi in Busseto. At age 20 he moved to Milan to continue his studies, but the Conservatory of Music rejected him. Verdi took private lessons and associated with Milan's cultural milieu in his pursuit of a musical career. He was patronized by Antonio Barezzi, a merchant, whose daughter, Margherita, was Verdi's student and later became his wife.
His first opera, Oberto (1839), was a successful production by Milan's Theatro La Scala. While Verdi continued working on his second opera, his wife and two children died. The second opera failed, and he suffered a depression and vowed to quit musical career. La Scala impresario, Merelli, persuaded him to write a third opera. Nabucco (1842) made Verdi famous.
His first opera, Oberto (1839), was a successful production by Milan's Theatro La Scala. While Verdi continued working on his second opera, his wife and two children died. The second opera failed, and he suffered a depression and vowed to quit musical career. La Scala impresario, Merelli, persuaded him to write a third opera. Nabucco (1842) made Verdi famous.
He followed the Bel Canto style of Gaetano Donizetti and Vincenzo Bellini. Verdi's best operas were based on plays by Victor Hugo, such as 'Ernani' (1844) and 'Rigoletto' (1851). In 1853 Verdi 's masterpiece 'La Traviata' was produced in Venice. It was based on 'The Lady of the Camelias', a play by Alexandre Dumas, fils. At that time Verdi became familiar with the music of Russian composer Mikhail Glinka who was popularized in Europe by Franz Liszt. The music of Mikhail Glinka had certain influence on Verdi's later operas.
In 1861 Verdi wrote 'La forza del destino' commissioned by the Imperial Theatre in St. Petersburg, Russia, upon the recommendations by Aleksandr Borodin. It was performed with great success in 1862, and became part of a standard operatic repertoire ever since. His grand-opera 'Aida' (1871) was premiered in Cairo as part of the celebrations of the opening of the Suez Canal, and became an instant success. In his later operas Verdi turned from the style of Bel Canto to more expressive music and orchestration, like in 'Otello' (1887), based on the eponymous play by Shakespeare. Verdi's last and musically most brilliant, rich and expressive opera, 'Falstaff' (1893), was based on the Shakespeare's play "The Merry Wives of Windsor" in the adaptation of Victor Hugo.
Verdi's musical success coincided with the political events of Italian unification during the Austrian occupation. The 'Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves' from his opera 'Nabucco' (1842), became a popular song among supporters of Italian unification. Many of his opera performances were used by the supporters of Victor Emmanuel to shout "Viva Verdi" as a code name for a secret unification message. The name Verdi was used as acronym for "Vittorio Emanuele Re D'Italia" - Victor Emmanuel, King of Italy. Such a code enabled clandestine partisans of Victor Emmanuel, then the King of Sardinia, to gain more supporters in Milan which eventually led to the unification of Italy. Verdi was aware that his popular operas and his name was used as a political tool. Austrian censorship was powerless.
In 1861 Victor Emmanuel became the King of Italy in Turin. From 1861-1865 Giuseppe Verdi was elected representative of Busseto in the newly formed Italian parliament. After Garibaldi's military campaign the capital was moved to Florence, then to Rome, and Verdi returned from politics to music. He lived in Milan during the last years of his life. He was revered and honoured all over the world, and was much visited by his admirers.
In 1861 Verdi wrote 'La forza del destino' commissioned by the Imperial Theatre in St. Petersburg, Russia, upon the recommendations by Aleksandr Borodin. It was performed with great success in 1862, and became part of a standard operatic repertoire ever since. His grand-opera 'Aida' (1871) was premiered in Cairo as part of the celebrations of the opening of the Suez Canal, and became an instant success. In his later operas Verdi turned from the style of Bel Canto to more expressive music and orchestration, like in 'Otello' (1887), based on the eponymous play by Shakespeare. Verdi's last and musically most brilliant, rich and expressive opera, 'Falstaff' (1893), was based on the Shakespeare's play "The Merry Wives of Windsor" in the adaptation of Victor Hugo.
Verdi's musical success coincided with the political events of Italian unification during the Austrian occupation. The 'Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves' from his opera 'Nabucco' (1842), became a popular song among supporters of Italian unification. Many of his opera performances were used by the supporters of Victor Emmanuel to shout "Viva Verdi" as a code name for a secret unification message. The name Verdi was used as acronym for "Vittorio Emanuele Re D'Italia" - Victor Emmanuel, King of Italy. Such a code enabled clandestine partisans of Victor Emmanuel, then the King of Sardinia, to gain more supporters in Milan which eventually led to the unification of Italy. Verdi was aware that his popular operas and his name was used as a political tool. Austrian censorship was powerless.
In 1861 Victor Emmanuel became the King of Italy in Turin. From 1861-1865 Giuseppe Verdi was elected representative of Busseto in the newly formed Italian parliament. After Garibaldi's military campaign the capital was moved to Florence, then to Rome, and Verdi returned from politics to music. He lived in Milan during the last years of his life. He was revered and honoured all over the world, and was much visited by his admirers.
He died on January 27, 1901, in Milan, and was laid to rest at the Casa di Riposo, a retirement home for elderly musicians that was established by Verdi himself.
Verdi's music was used in hundreds of film scores. His operas has been the staples of operatic repertoire. His canzonas "La donna è mobile" from opera 'Rigoletto' (1851) and "Libiamo ne'lieti calici" (Drinking song) from 'La Traviata' (1853) has been popular concert numbers in performances by the three tenors: Luciano Pavarotti, Plácido Domingo and José Carreras.
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Verdi's music was used in hundreds of film scores. His operas has been the staples of operatic repertoire. His canzonas "La donna è mobile" from opera 'Rigoletto' (1851) and "Libiamo ne'lieti calici" (Drinking song) from 'La Traviata' (1853) has been popular concert numbers in performances by the three tenors: Luciano Pavarotti, Plácido Domingo and José Carreras.
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00:00:00 "La donna è mobile" - Rigoletto (Luciano Pavarotti & London Symphony Orchestra & Richard Bonynge)
00:02:21 "Va, pensiero, sull'ali dorate" - Nabucco (Chicago Symphony Chorus, Sir Georg Solti & Chicago Symphony Orchestra)
00:06:22 Overture - La Forza del Destino (?)
00:09:29 "Un dì felice, Eterea" - La Traviata (Joan Sutherland & Carlo Bergonzi, John Pritchard & Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino)
00:12:55 "Mercè, Dilette Amiche" - I Vespri Siciliani (Maria Chiara & Orchestra of The Royal Opera House & Covent Garden, Nello Santi)
00:16:27 "Libiamo ne' lieti calici" (Brindisi) - La Traviata (Joan Sutherland & Carlo Bergonzi, John Pritchard & Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino)
00:19:23 "Di quella pira" - Il Trovatore (José Carreras & Robin Leggate & Chorus Of The Royal Opera House & Covent Garden)
00:21:17 "Vedi! le fosche notturne spoglie" (Anvil Chorus) - Il Trovatore (Chicago Symphony Chorus, Solti & CSO)
00:23:58 "Stridi la Vampa" - Il Trovatore (Stefania Toczyska & Orchestra of The Royal Opera House & Covent Garden & Sir Colin Davis)
00:26:26 "Ritorna vincitor!" - Aida (Leontyne Price, Sir Georg Solti & Orchestra del Teatro dell'Opera di Roma)
00:33:51 "Dio, che nell'alma infondere" - Don Carlo (Carlo Bergonzi & Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau & Georg Solti)
00:38:28 Prelude - La Traviata
00:42:20 "Caro nome" - Rigoletto (Joan Sutherland & Richard Bonynge & LSO)
00:48:15 "O don fatale" - Don Carlo (Olga Borodina & Orchestra of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden & Bernard Haitink)
00:52:56 "Se quel guerrier io fossi... Celeste Aida" - Aida (Carlo Bergonzi & Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra & Herbert Von Karajan)
00:57:57 "Ernani, involami" - Ernani (Joan Sutherrland, Nello santi & Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire)
01:00:35 "Di tu se fedele" - Un Ballo in Maschera (Jussi Björling & Orchestra Del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Alberto Erede)
01:03:54 "Morrò, ma prima in grazia" - Un Ballo in Maschera (Margaret Price, The National Philharmonic Orchestra & Sir Georg Solti)
01:08:34 "Quando le sere al placido" - Luisa Miller (Luciano Pavarotti & Wiener Opernorchester & Sir Edward Downes)
01:12:11 Grand March - Aida (Chicago Symphony Chorus & Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Sir Georg Solti)
01:17:07 "Dies irae" (Wierner Staatsopernchor, Wiener Philharmoniker & Sir Georg Solti)
01:19:30 "Pace, pace, mio Dio" - La Forza del Destino (Angela Gheorghiu & Riccardo Chailly & Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano)
01:25:06 "Questa o quella" - Rigoletto (Carlo Bergonzi & New Philharmonia Orchestra & Nello Santi)
01:27:00 "Bella figlia dell'amore" - Rigoletto (Luciano Pavarotti & Sherrill Milnes & Huguette Tourangeau & Joan Sutherland, London symphony Orchestra & Richard Bonynge)
01:30:58 "Ave Maria, piena di grazia" - Otello (Renée Fleming & Sir Georg Solti & London Symphony Orchestra)
01:35:47 "Parigi, o cara" - La Traviata (Frank Lopardo & Angela Gheorghiu & Orchestra of The Royal Opera House & Covent Garden & Sir Georg Solti)
01:40:06 "Ah la paterna mano" - Macbeth (Luciano Pavarotti & Wiener Opernorchester & Sir Edward Downes)
01:42:35 "Squilli, echeggi la tromba" - Il Trovatore (Chicago Symphony Chorus &Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Sir Georg Solti)
01:45:21 "O Carlo, ascolta" - Don Carlo (Dimitri Hvorostovsky, Bernard Haitink & Orchestra of The Royal Opera House & Covent Garden)
01:49:32 "Ingemisco" - Messa da Requiem (Luciano Pavarotti, Sir Georgi Solti, Wiener Philharmoniker)
01:53:04 "Come in quest'ora bruna" - Simon Boccanegra (Kiri Te Kanawa & Orchestra Del Teatro Alla Scala Di Milano & Georg Solti)
01:56:39 "Si colmi il calice di vino eletto" (Brindisi) - Macbeth (Mara Zampieri, Renato Bruson, Neil Schicoff, Lucia Aliberti, Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin & Giuseppe Sinopoli)
02:00:04 "O patria mia" - Aida (Leontyne Price, Orchestra del Teatro dell'Opera di Roma & Sir Georg Solti)
02:05:29 "La mia letizia infondere" - I Lombardi (Plácido Domingo & Royal Philharmonic Orchestra & Lamberto Gardelli)
02:07:50 "Lo sguardo avea degli angeli" - I Masnadieri (Montserrat Caballé, Philharmonia Orchestra & Lamberto Gardelli)
02:11:46 "Solenne in quest'ora" - La Forza del Destino (Gegam Grigorian & Nikolai Putilin & Kirov Orchestra & St Petersburg & Valery Gergiev)
02:15:59 "Patria opressa" - Macbeth (CSC, Sir Georg Solti & Chicago Symphony Orchestra)
02:20:51 "Tacea la notte placida" - Il Trovatore (Katia Ricciarelli, Orchestra of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden & Sir Colin Davis)
02:24:34 "Dal più remoto esilio... O Dio solo, ed odio atroce" - I Due Foscari (José Carreras, ORF Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, Lamberto Gardelli)
02:29:27 "Spuntato ecco il dì d'esultanza" - Don Carlo (Gabriele Santini & Orchestra Del Teatro Alla Scala Di Milano & Coro Scala Di Milano)
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