Giuseppe Verdi

Personal Info

Known For Sound

Gender Male

Birthday 1813-10-10

Deathday 1901-01-27 (87 years old)

Place of Birth Busseto, Parma, Emilia-Romagna, Italy

Also Known As Giuseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi, Джузеппе Фортунино Франческо Верди, Джузеппе Верди

Giuseppe Verdi

Biography

Giuseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi (10 October 1813 – 27 January 1901) was an Italian composer of operas. Verdi was born near Busseto to a provincial family of moderate means, and developed a musical education with the help of a local patron. Verdi came to dominate the Italian opera scene after the era of Bellini, Donizetti and Rossini, whose works significantly influenced him, becoming one of the pre-eminent opera composers in history. In his early operas Verdi demonstrated a sympathy with the Risorgimento movement which sought the unification of Italy. He also participated briefly as an elected politician. The chorus "Va, pensiero" from his early opera Nabucco (1842), and similar choruses in later operas, were much in the spirit of the unification movement, and the composer himself became esteemed as a representative of these ideals. An intensely private person, Verdi however did not seek to ingratiate himself with popular movements and as he became professionally successful was able to reduce his operatic workload and sought to establish himself as a landowner in his native region. He surprised the musical world by returning, after his success with the opera Aida (1871), with three late masterpieces: his Requiem (1874), and the operas Otello (1887) and Falstaff (1893). His operas remain extremely popular, especially the three peaks of his 'middle period': Rigoletto, Il trovatore and La traviata, and the bicentenary of his birth in 2013 was widely celebrated in broadcasts and performances.

Known For

Sound

2023
2023
Maledictis

as Music

2023
Don Carlo

as Music

2022
2022
The Metropolitan Opera: Rigoletto

as Music Score Producer

2021
Rigoletto

as Original Music Composer

2021
La Traviata

as Music

2021
Il Trovatore

as Original Music Composer

2020
In My Room

as Music

2020
Stiffelio

as Music

2019
I Vespri Siciliani

as Original Music Composer

2019
Verdi: Falstaff - Teatro Real

as Original Music Composer

2019
2019
Verdi: Messa da Requiem

as Original Music Composer

2019
Verdi: Macbeth

as Original Music Composer

2019
The ROH Live: La Traviata

as Original Music Composer

2019
Verdi: Simon Boccanegra

as Original Music Composer

2018
Macbeth

as Original Music Composer

2018
Verdi: Don Carlo

as Original Music Composer

2018
Verdi: Simon Boccanegra

as Original Music Composer

2018
Verdi: Simon Boccanegra

as Original Music Composer

2018
2018
The 350th Anniversary Inaugural Gala

as Original Music Composer

2018
Verdi: Attila

as Original Music Composer

2018
Verdi: Otello

as Original Music Composer

2018
Verdi: Aida

as Original Music Composer

2018
The Metropolitan Opera: Luisa Miller

as Original Music Composer

2018
The Metropolitan Opera: La Traviata

as Original Music Composer

2017
2017
Rigoletto

as Original Music Composer

2017
2017
Verdi: Simon Boccanegra

as Original Music Composer

2017
The Metropolitan Opera: La Traviata

as Original Music Composer

2017
2017
Verdi: Nabucco

as Original Music Composer

2016
Verdi: La Traviata

as Original Music Composer

2016
Macbeth

as Music

2016
Violettina

as Music

2015
2015
Macbeth

as Original Music Composer

2015
Aida

as Original Music Composer

2015
Nabucco

as Original Music Composer

2015
Aida

as Original Music Composer

2015
La Traviata

as Original Music Composer

2015
Verdi: Otello

as Original Music Composer

2015
Verdi: La Traviata

as Original Music Composer

2015
La Traviata

as Original Music Composer

2015
The Met — Il Trovatore

as Original Music Composer

2015
This is Opera

as Original Music Composer

2014
Il Trovatore

as Original Music Composer

2014
Verdi: Otello

as Music

2013
Aida - Arena di Verona

as Original Music Composer

2013
Verdi: Requiem

as Original Music Composer

2013
Les Vêpres siciliennes

as Original Music Composer

2013
Verdi: Don Carlo

as Original Music Composer

2013
I due Foscari

as Original Music Composer

2013
Verdi: Don Carlo

as Original Music Composer

2013
Il Trovatore

as Original Music Composer

2013
The Metropolitan Opera: Rigoletto

as Original Music Composer

2012
Giuseppe Verdi: La Traviata

as Original Music Composer

2012
Aida

as Original Music Composer

2012
The Metropolitan Opera: Aida

as Original Music Composer

2012
Don Carlo

as Original Music Composer

2012
I Masnadieri

as Original Music Composer

2012
Stiffelio

as Original Music Composer

2012
Alzira

as Original Music Composer

2012
La battaglia di Legnano

as Original Music Composer

2012
Verdi: Ernani

as Original Music Composer

2012
2012
The Metropolitan Opera: La Traviata

as Original Music Composer

2012
Aida

as Original Music Composer

2012
San Francisco Opera: Verdi's Rigoletto

as Original Music Composer

2011
Verdi: Macbeth

as Original Music Composer

2011
The Metropolitan Opera: Il Trovatore

as Original Music Composer

2011
La forza del destino

as Original Music Composer

2011
Un ballo in maschera

as Original Music Composer

2011
Nabucco

as Original Music Composer

2011
MacBeth

as Original Music Composer

2010
2010
Rigoletto

as Original Music Composer

2010
The Metropolitan Opera: Don Carlo

as Original Music Composer

2010
Verdi: Aida (Bregenz Festival)

as Original Music Composer

2010
Il Trovatore

as Original Music Composer

2010
Un giorno di regno

as Original Music Composer

2010
I vespri siciliani

as Original Music Composer

2010
Simon Boccanegra

as Original Music Composer

2010
Attila

as Original Music Composer

2010
Attila

as Original Music Composer

2010
Verdi Attila

as Original Music Composer

2010
Simon Boccanegra

as Original Music Composer

2010
2009
Nabucco

as Original Music Composer

2009
Falstaff

as Original Music Composer

2009
La Traviata

as Original Music Composer

2009
Verdi: Aida

as Original Music Composer

2009
I Lombardi alla prima crociata

as Original Music Composer

2008
Rigoletto - Semperoper Dresden

as Original Music Composer

2008
Verdi: Rigoletto (Teatro Regio di Parma)

as Original Music Composer

2008
2008
La Traviata

as Original Music Composer

2008
La Traviata im Hauptbahnhof Zürich

as Original Music Composer

2008
Don Carlo - ROH

as Original Music Composer

2008
Giovanna d'Arco

as Original Music Composer

2008
Il corsaro

as Original Music Composer

2008
Verdi: Otello

as Original Music Composer

2008
Verdi: Un Ballo in Maschera

as Original Music Composer

2007
Verdi: La Traviata

as Original Music Composer

2007
Luisa Miller

as Original Music Composer

2007
2007
Oberto

as Original Music Composer

2007
Oberto

as Original Music Composer

2007
La forza del destino

as Original Music Composer

2007
La traviata in Paris

as Music Arranger

2007
Nabucco

as Original Music Composer

2006
Rigoletto

as Original Music Composer

2006
Otello

as Original Music Composer

2006
La Traviata

as Original Music Composer

2006
Verdi: Aida

as Original Music Composer

2006
Macbeth

as Original Music Composer

2006
Aida

as Sound

2005
La traviata

as Original Music Composer

2005
Don Carlos

as Original Music Composer

2005
Ernani

as Original Music Composer

2005
Un Ballo in Maschera

as Original Music Composer

2004
Nabucco

as Original Music Composer

2004
Nabucco

as Original Music Composer

2004
Rigoletto

as Music

2003
Aida

as Original Music Composer

2002
Il Trovatore

as Original Music Composer

2002
A Verdi Gala from Berlin

as Original Music Composer

2002
2002
La Traviata

as Original Music Composer

2002
Verdi: Simon Boccanegra

as Original Music Composer

2001
Gran Gala di Verdi

as Original Music Composer

2001
Otello

as Original Music Composer

2001
Rigoletto

as Original Music Composer

2001
Nabucco

as Original Music Composer

2001
La Traviata

as Original Music Composer

2001
Rigoletto

as Original Music Composer

2001
Macbeth

as Original Music Composer

2001
Otello

as Original Music Composer

2001
The Cupboard

as Music

2000
Falstaff

as Original Music Composer

2000
Jérusalem

as Original Music Composer

2000
1999
8 ½ Women

as Music

1999
1997
Macbeth

as Original Music Composer

1996
Verdi: Don Carlos

as Original Music Composer

1996
Rigoletto

as Music

1995
Otello

as Original Music Composer

1995
Giuseppe Verdi: Simon Boccanegra

as Original Music Composer

1994
Rigoletto

as Music

1993
1993
Falstaff

as Original Music Composer

1992
Otello

as Original Music Composer

1992
Don Carlo

as Original Music Composer

1991
Attila

as Original Music Composer

1991
Attila

as Music

1991
Un Ballo in Maschera

as Original Music Composer

1990
I vespri Siciliani

as Original Music Composer

1989
Aida

as Original Music Composer

1989
Otello

as Music

1988
I due Foscari

as Original Music Composer

1988
Il Trovatore

as Music

1987
Rigoletto

as Original Music Composer

1987
Verdi: Macbeth

as Original Music Composer

1987
Verdi Macbeth Chailly

as Original Music Composer

1987
La Traviata

as Original Music Composer

1986
Nabucco

as Music

1985
Aida

as Original Music Composer

1985
Il Trovatore

as Original Music Composer

1985
Verdi: Simon Boccanegra

as Original Music Composer

1985
Aida

as Original Music Composer

1984
Tosca's Kiss

as Musician

1984
La Forza del Destino

as Original Music Composer

1984
Simon Boccanegra

as Original Music Composer

1983
In Concert at The Met

as Original Music Composer

1983
Don Carlo

as Original Music Composer

1983
Ernani

as Original Music Composer

1982
Verdi: Rigoletto

as Original Music Composer

1982
Verdi: Requiem

as Original Music Composer

1982
Verdi Ernani

as Original Music Composer

1982
La traviata

as Original Music Composer

1981
Aida - San Francisco Opera

as Original Music Composer

1981
Aida

as Original Music Composer

1981
Rigoletto

as Original Music Composer

1981
Nabucco

as Music

1981
La Traviata - The Met

as Original Music Composer

1980
Don Carlo

as Original Music Composer

1980
Un Ballo in Maschera

as Original Music Composer

1979
Falstaff

as Music

1978
Il Trovatore - Verdi

as Original Music Composer

1978
Verdi: Simon Boccanegra

as Original Music Composer

1977
Rigoletto

as Original Music Composer

1977
Nabucco

as Original Music Composer

1976
La Traviata

as Music

1975
Verdi Un Ballo in Maschera

as Original Music Composer

1975
Falstaff

as Sound

1975
Grisù

as Music

1974
Nora Helmer

as Music

1973
Aida (1973 Tokyo)

as Original Music Composer

1973
La Traviata

as Original Music Composer

1973
Otello

as Music

1958
Otello

as Original Music Composer

1957
Il Trovatore

as Original Music Composer

1955
Rigoletto

as Music

1953
Giuseppe Verdi

as Original Music Composer

1953
Aida

as Music

1949
Il trovatore

as Music

1947
La signora dalle camelie

as Original Music Composer

1938
Madreselva

as Original Music Composer

1934

Crew

2016
Verdi: I Due Foscari

as Compositor

2015
Verdi Nabucco

as Compositors

2014
2013
Verdi Requiem

as Compositor

2012
I Due Foscari - Verdi

as Compositor

2005
Verdi La Traviata

as Compositors

1993
Verdi Stiffelio

as Compositors

1993
La Traviata

as Compositors

1990
1989
Rigoletto

as Compositors

1962
Verdi Otello

as Compositor