About

Known credits:
100
Birthday:
1810-05-18
Place of birth:
Murano, Italy
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Francesco Maria Piave

Overview

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francesco_Maria_Piave.

Francesco Maria Piave (18 May 1810 – 5 March 1876) was an Italian opera librettist who was born in Murano in the lagoon of Venice, during the brief Napoleonic Kingdom of Italy.

His career spanned over twenty years working with many of the significant composers of his day, including Giovanni Pacini (four librettos), Saverio Mercadante (at least one), Federico Ricci, and even one for Michael Balfe. He is most well known as Giuseppe Verdi's librettist, for whom he was to write 10 librettos, the most well-known being those for Rigoletto and La traviata.

But Piave was not only a librettist: he was a journalist and translator in addition to being the resident poet and stage manager at La Fenice in Venice where he first encountered Verdi. Later, Verdi was helpful in securing him the same position at La Scala in Milan. His expertise as a stage manager and his tact as a negotiator served Verdi very well, but the composer bullied him mercilessly for his pains over many years.

Like Verdi, Piave was an ardent Italian patriot, and in 1848, during Milan's "Cinque Giornate," when Radetzky's Austrian troops retreated from the city, Verdi wrote to Piave in Venice addressing him as "Citizen Piave."

Together, they worked on ten operas between 1844 and 1862, and Piave would have also prepared the libretto for Aida when Verdi accepted the commission for it in 1870, had he not suffered a stroke which left him paralyzed and unable to speak. Verdi helped to support his wife and daughter, proposing that "an album of pieces by famous composers be compiled and sold for Piave's benefit". The composer paid for his funeral when he died nine years later in Milan aged 65 and arranged for his burial at the Monumental Cemetery.

Known for

Writing
2022 The Metropolitan Opera: La Traviata Writing Writer 58
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2021 Rigoletto Writing Writer N/A
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2019 Verdi: Simon Boccanegra Writing Screenplay N/A
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2019 The ROH Live: La Traviata Writing Writer 59
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2019 Verdi: Macbeth Writing Writer N/A
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2018 The Metropolitan Opera: La Traviata Writing Writer 59
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2018 Verdi: Simon Boccanegra Writing Writer N/A
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2018 Opéra National de Paris: Verdi's La Traviata Writing Writer N/A
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2018 Verdi: Simon Boccanegra Writing Writer 59
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2017 Rigoletto Writing Writer N/A
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2017 Ernani Writing Writer N/A
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2017 Verdi: Simon Boccanegra Writing Writer N/A
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2017 The Metropolitan Opera: La Traviata Writing Writer 59
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2016 Giuseppe Verdi - I due Foscari Writing Writer N/A
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2016 Macbeth Writing Writer N/A
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2015 Verdi: Macbeth Writing Lyricist 59
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2015 Verdi: La Traviata Writing Writer N/A
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2015 La Traviata Writing Lyricist N/A
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2015 La Traviata Writing Writer N/A
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2015 Verdi's La Traviata - English National Opera Writing Original Story N/A
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2014 The Metropolitan Opera: Macbeth Writing Writer N/A
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2014 Verdi Macbeth Writing Writer N/A
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2014 Verdi La Forza del Destino Writing Writer N/A
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2013 I due Foscari Writing Writer N/A
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2013 Giuseppe Verdi : La forza del destino Writing Writer N/A
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2013 The Metropolitan Opera: Rigoletto Writing Writer 58
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2012 Giuseppe Verdi: La Traviata Writing Writer N/A
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2012 San Francisco Opera: Verdi's Rigoletto Writing Writer N/A
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2012 Stiffelio Writing Writer N/A
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2012 The Metropolitan Opera: La Traviata Writing Writer N/A
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2012 Verdi: Ernani Writing Writer N/A
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2012 I Due Foscari - Verdi Writing Writer 59
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2011 Verdi Simon Boccanegra Writing Writer 60
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2010 Attila Writing Writer N/A
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2010 Attila Writing Writer N/A
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2010 Rigoletto Writing Writer N/A
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2010 Rigoletto a Mantova Writing Writer N/A
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2010 Simon Boccanegra Writing Writer N/A
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2010 Simon Boccanegra Writing Writer N/A
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2010 Simon Boccanegra [The Metropolitan Opera] Writing Writer N/A
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2009 La Traviata Writing Writer 58
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2008 Il corsaro Writing Writer N/A
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2008 Verdi: Rigoletto (Teatro Regio di Parma) Writing Writer 59
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2008 La Traviata im Hauptbahnhof Zürich Writing Writer N/A
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2008 La Traviata Writing Writer N/A
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2008 Rigoletto - Semperoper Dresden Writing Writer 59
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2008 The Metropolitan Opera – Verdi: Macbeth Writing Writer N/A
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2007 Verdi: La Traviata (Teatro Regio di Parma) Writing Writer 59
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2007 La forza del destino Writing Writer N/A
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2007 Nabucco Writing Writer N/A
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2007 Verdi: La Traviata Writing Writer 59
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2006 Rigoletto Writing Writer 59
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2006 Macbeth Writing Writer 59
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2006 Verdi: La Traviata Writing Writer 61
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2006 La Traviata Writing Writer 59
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2005 La traviata Writing Writer 59
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2005 Ernani Writing Writer N/A
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2005 Verdi La Traviata Writing Writer N/A
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2004 Rigoletto Writing Writer N/A
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2002 Simon Boccanegra Writing Writer N/A
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2002 Verdi: Simon Boccanegra Writing Writer N/A
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2002 La Traviata Writing Writer N/A
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2001 Rigoletto Writing Writer 59
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2001 Rigoletto Writing Writer N/A
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2001 La Traviata Writing Writer 59
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2001 Macbeth Writing Writer 59
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1997 Verdi: La Forza del Destino Writing Writer N/A
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1997 Macbeth Writing Writer N/A
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1996 La Forza del Destino - The Met Writing Writer N/A
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1996 Rigoletto Writing Writer N/A
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1995 Giuseppe Verdi: Simon Boccanegra Writing Writer N/A
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1994 Rigoletto Writing Writer N/A
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1993 Verdi Stiffelio Writing Writer N/A
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1992 Verdi La Traviata Writing Writer 59
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1991 Attila Writing Writer N/A
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1988 I due Foscari Writing Writer N/A
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1988 Verdi — Il trovatore Writing Writer N/A
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1987 La Traviata Writing Writer 59
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1987 Verdi: Macbeth Writing Writer 59
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1987 Rigoletto Writing Writer N/A
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1987 Verdi Macbeth Chailly Writing Writer N/A
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1985 Verdi: Simon Boccanegra Writing Writer N/A
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1984 Simon Boccanegra Writing Writer N/A
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1984 La Forza del Destino Writing Writer N/A
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1982 La traviata Writing Screenplay 59
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1982 Verdi Ernani Writing Writer 59
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1982 Verdi: Rigoletto Writing Writer 59
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1981 Rigoletto Writing Writer N/A
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1981 La Traviata - The Met Writing Writer N/A
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1978 Verdi: Simon Boccanegra Writing Writer N/A
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1977 Rigoletto Writing Writer 59
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1976 La Traviata Writing Writer N/A
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1973 La Traviata Writing Writer N/A
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1967 La traviata Writing Writer 59
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1955 Rigoletto Writing Opera 58
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1947 La signora dalle camelie Writing Original Story N/A
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1918 Álarcosbál Writing Story N/A
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Sound
1935 Broadway Gondolier Sound Music 58
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Crew
2019 The ROH Live: La forza del destino Crew Script N/A
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2017 The ROH Live: Rigoletto Crew Script N/A
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