About

Known credits:
296
Birthday:
1813-10-10
Place of birth:
Busseto, Parma, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
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Giuseppe Verdi

Overview

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

Writing
2025 Otello- Israeli Opera Writing Writer N/A
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2025 The Metropolitan Opera: Aida Writing Writer N/A
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2024 Macbeth: Washington National Opera Writing Writer 58
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2024 Don Carlo Writing Writer N/A
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2024 The Metropolitan Opera: Nabucco Writing Writer 58
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2022 Don Carlo Writing Writer N/A
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2020 Falstaff (Hamburg State Opera) Writing Opera N/A
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2019 Verdi: Falstaff - Teatro Real Writing Writer N/A
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2017 La Traviata Writing Musical 59
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2016 Don Carlo Writing Writer N/A
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2015 Luisa Miller - San Francisco Opera Writing Opera N/A
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2013 Verdi: Falstaff Writing Opera 58
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2013 Verdi: Falstaff (Salzburger Festspiele) Writing Opera N/A
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2012 Falstaff (Zurich) Writing Opera N/A
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2012 Rigoletto Writing Writer N/A
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2011 Verdi: Falstaff (Teatro Regio di Parma) Writing Opera 59
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2005 Un Ballo in Maschera Writing Opera N/A
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2004 Rigoletto Writing Writer N/A
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2004 Macbeth Writing Writer N/A
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2002 Falstaff (La Scala) Writing Opera N/A
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2001 Gran Gala di Verdi Writing Writer 59
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1962 Maria Callas: At Covent Garden, 1962 and 1964 Writing Writer 58
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1958 Maria Callas: Débuts à Paris Writing Writer 58
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1941 The King's Jester Writing Opera N/A
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Verdi: Nabucco Writing Opera N/A
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Sound
2025 Otello- Israeli Opera Sound Sound N/A
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2024 Giuseppe Verdi - La Forza del Destino Sound Music 58
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2024 The Metropolitan Opera: La Forza del Destino Sound Music N/A
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2024 The Metropolitan Opera: Nabucco Sound Music 58
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2023 Don Carlo Sound Music N/A
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2023 Giuseppe Verdi: Macbeth - Salzburger Festspiele 2023 Sound Music N/A
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2023 About Dry Grasses Sound Music 62
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2023 The Metropolitan Opera: Falstaff Sound Music 59
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2022 Nostalghia - Sui luoghi di Tarkovskij 40 anni dopo Sound Music 59
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2022 The Metropolitan Opera: La Traviata Sound Original Music Composer 58
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2022 The Metropolitan Opera: Don Carlos Sound Music 58
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2022 The Metropolitan Opera: Rigoletto Sound Music Score Producer 58
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2022 New Year's Concert 2022 from the Teatro La Fenice Sound Music 58
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2021 Macbeth - Teatro alla Scala Sound Music N/A
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2021 Rigoletto Sound Original Music Composer N/A
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2021 Verdi's Requiem: The Met Remembers 9/11 Sound Music N/A
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2021 Il Trovatore Sound Original Music Composer N/A
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2021 La Traviata Sound Music N/A
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2020 In My Room Sound Music 59
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2020 Fragments Part I – “Traviata” – Act III: Preludio, scena e aria Sound Music N/A
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2020 Anna Netrebko und Rolando Villazón singen "La Traviata" Sound Original Music Composer N/A
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2020 Stiffelio Sound Music N/A
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2019 Aida: Grand Théâtre de Genève Sound Music N/A
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2019 Verdi: Simon Boccanegra (Salzburg Festival) Sound Original Music Composer N/A
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2019 Verdi: Messa da Requiem Sound Original Music Composer 59
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2019 Verdi: Falstaff - Teatro Real Sound Original Music Composer N/A
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2019 The ROH Live: La forza del destino Sound Music N/A
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2019 Verdi: Simon Boccanegra Sound Original Music Composer N/A
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2019 The ROH Live: La Traviata Sound Original Music Composer 59
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2019 Verdi: Macbeth Sound Original Music Composer N/A
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2019 I Vespri Siciliani Sound Original Music Composer N/A
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2018 The 350th Anniversary Inaugural Gala Sound Original Music Composer N/A
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2018 The Metropolitan Opera: La Traviata Sound Original Music Composer 59
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2018 Verdi: Simon Boccanegra Sound Original Music Composer N/A
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2018 Opéra National de Paris: Verdi's La Traviata Sound Original Music Composer N/A
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2018 Verdi: Attila Sound Original Music Composer N/A
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2018 Verdi: Otello Sound Original Music Composer N/A
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2018 Verdi: Don Carlo Sound Original Music Composer N/A
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2018 The Metropolitan Opera: Aida Sound Original Music Composer 58
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2018 The Royal Opera House: Verdi's Macbeth Sound Music 59
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2018 The Metropolitan Opera: Luisa Miller Sound Original Music Composer 59
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2018 Verdi: Simon Boccanegra Sound Original Music Composer 59
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2018 Macbeth Sound Original Music Composer N/A
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2017 The ROH Live: Rigoletto Sound Music N/A
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2017 Rigoletto Sound Original Music Composer N/A
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2017 Verdi: Simon Boccanegra Sound Original Music Composer N/A
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2017 Opéra National de Paris: Verdi's Don Carlos Sound Original Music Composer N/A
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2017 The Opera House Sound Music 59
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2017 Il club dei 27 Sound Music N/A
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2017 The Metropolitan Opera: La Traviata Sound Original Music Composer 59
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2017 Verdi: Nabucco Sound Original Music Composer N/A
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2016 Verdi: La Traviata Sound Original Music Composer N/A
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2016 The ROH Live: Nabucco Sound Music N/A
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2016 Violettina Sound Music 58
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2016 Macbeth Sound Music N/A
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2015 Verdi: Macbeth Sound Music 59
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2015 Aida Sound Original Music Composer N/A
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2015 Verdi: Otello Sound Original Music Composer 59
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2015 The Met — Il Trovatore Sound Original Music Composer 59
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2015 Verdi: La Traviata Sound Original Music Composer N/A
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2015 La Traviata Sound Original Music Composer N/A
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2015 Nabucco Sound Original Music Composer N/A
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2015 Macbeth Sound Original Music Composer 59
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2015 Aida Sound Original Music Composer N/A
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2015 La Traviata Sound Original Music Composer N/A
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2014 Il Trovatore Sound Original Music Composer N/A
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2014 Verdi Macbeth Sound Original Music Composer N/A
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2014 Verdi: Otello Sound Music N/A
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2013 I due Foscari Sound Original Music Composer N/A
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2013 Aida - Arena di Verona Sound Original Music Composer N/A
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2013 Les Vêpres siciliennes Sound Original Music Composer N/A
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2013 Verdi: Don Carlo Sound Original Music Composer N/A
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2013 Verdi: Don Carlo Sound Original Music Composer N/A
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2013 Il Trovatore Sound Original Music Composer 59
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2013 Verdi: Requiem Sound Original Music Composer 59
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2013 Giuseppe Verdi : La forza del destino Sound Original Music Composer N/A
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2013 The Metropolitan Opera: Rigoletto Sound Original Music Composer 58
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2012 The Metropolitan Opera: Aida Sound Original Music Composer 59
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2012 The Metropolitan Opera: Un Ballo in Maschera Sound Original Music Composer 59
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2012 Giuseppe Verdi: La Traviata Sound Original Music Composer N/A
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2012 Don Carlo Sound Original Music Composer N/A
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2012 Alzira Sound Original Music Composer N/A
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2012 San Francisco Opera: Verdi's Rigoletto Sound Original Music Composer N/A
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2012 Stiffelio Sound Original Music Composer N/A
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2012 The Metropolitan Opera: La Traviata Sound Original Music Composer N/A
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2012 I Masnadieri Sound Original Music Composer N/A
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2012 Aida Sound Original Music Composer N/A
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2012 Verdi: Ernani Sound Original Music Composer N/A
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2012 La battaglia di Legnano Sound Original Music Composer 59
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2012 Aida Sound Original Music Composer N/A
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2011 Un ballo in maschera Sound Original Music Composer N/A
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2011 Verdi Simon Boccanegra Sound Original Music Composer 60
Fair
2011 MacBeth Sound Original Music Composer N/A
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2011 The Metropolitan Opera: Il Trovatore Sound Original Music Composer 59
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2011 Verdi: Macbeth Sound Original Music Composer N/A
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2011 Nabucco Sound Original Music Composer N/A
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2010 The Metropolitan Opera: Don Carlo Sound Original Music Composer N/A
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2010 Attila Sound Original Music Composer N/A
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2010 Attila Sound Original Music Composer N/A
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2010 I vespri siciliani Sound Original Music Composer N/A
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2010 Il Trovatore Sound Original Music Composer 59
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2010 Rigoletto Sound Original Music Composer N/A
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2010 Rigoletto a Mantova Sound Music N/A
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2010 Verdi Attila Sound Original Music Composer N/A
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2010 Verdi: Aida (Bregenz Festival) Sound Original Music Composer N/A
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2010 Simon Boccanegra Sound Original Music Composer N/A
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2010 Simon Boccanegra Sound Original Music Composer N/A
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2010 Simon Boccanegra [The Metropolitan Opera] Sound Original Music Composer N/A
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2010 Un giorno di regno Sound Original Music Composer N/A
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2009 Verdi: Aida Sound Original Music Composer N/A
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2009 Nabucco Sound Original Music Composer N/A
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2009 La Traviata Sound Original Music Composer 58
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2009 Falstaff Sound Original Music Composer 59
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2009 I Lombardi alla prima crociata Sound Original Music Composer N/A
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2008 Il corsaro Sound Original Music Composer N/A
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2008 Giovanna d'Arco Sound Original Music Composer N/A
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2008 Verdi: Rigoletto (Teatro Regio di Parma) Sound Original Music Composer 59
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2008 La Traviata im Hauptbahnhof Zürich Sound Original Music Composer N/A
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2008 Verdi: Otello Sound Original Music Composer N/A
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2008 La Traviata Sound Original Music Composer N/A
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2008 Rigoletto - Semperoper Dresden Sound Original Music Composer 59
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2008 Don Carlo - ROH Sound Original Music Composer N/A
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2008 The Metropolitan Opera – Verdi: Macbeth Sound Original Music Composer N/A
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2008 Verdi: Un Ballo in Maschera Sound Original Music Composer N/A
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2007 La traviata in Paris Sound Music Arranger N/A
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2007 Luisa Miller Sound Original Music Composer 59
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2007 Oberto Sound Original Music Composer N/A
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2007 Verdi: La Traviata (Teatro Regio di Parma) Sound Original Music Composer 59
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2007 La forza del destino Sound Original Music Composer N/A
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2007 Nabucco Sound Original Music Composer N/A
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2007 Verdi: La Traviata Sound Original Music Composer 59
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2007 Oberto Sound Original Music Composer N/A
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2006 Verdi: Aida Sound Original Music Composer 59
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2006 Rigoletto Sound Original Music Composer 59
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2006 Macbeth Sound Original Music Composer 59
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2006 Verdi: La Traviata Sound Original Music Composer 61
Fair
2006 Aida Sound Sound N/A
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2006 Otello Sound Original Music Composer N/A
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2006 La Traviata Sound Original Music Composer 59
Average
2005 Un Ballo in Maschera Sound Original Music Composer N/A
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2005 La traviata Sound Original Music Composer 59
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2005 Ernani Sound Original Music Composer N/A
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2005 Don Carlos Sound Original Music Composer N/A
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2004 Rigoletto Sound Music N/A
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2004 Nabucco Sound Original Music Composer N/A
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2004 Nabucco Sound Original Music Composer N/A
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2003 Aida Sound Original Music Composer N/A
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2002 Triumphal March and 30 Days of Their Own Sound Music N/A
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2002 Simon Boccanegra Sound Music N/A
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2002 Verdi: Simon Boccanegra Sound Original Music Composer N/A
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2002 Il Trovatore Sound Original Music Composer 59
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2002 A Verdi Gala from Berlin Sound Original Music Composer N/A
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2002 La Traviata Sound Original Music Composer N/A
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2001 Otello Sound Original Music Composer N/A
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2001 Rigoletto Sound Original Music Composer 59
Average
2001 Verdi, Un Ballo in Maschera - Salvatore Licitra, Maria Guleghina, Riccardo Muti, Teatro alla Scala Sound Original Music Composer N/A
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2001 Rigoletto Sound Original Music Composer N/A
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2001 The Cupboard Sound Music N/A
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2001 Nabucco Sound Original Music Composer N/A
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2001 Gran Gala di Verdi Sound Original Music Composer 59
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2001 La Traviata Sound Original Music Composer 59
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2001 Otello Sound Original Music Composer N/A
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2001 Macbeth Sound Original Music Composer 59
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2000 Jérusalem Sound Original Music Composer N/A
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2000 Un Ballo in Maschera - Gran Teatre del Liceu Sound Music N/A
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2000 Falstaff Sound Original Music Composer 59
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2000 Verdi: Nabucco Sound Music N/A
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1999 Classics On A Summer's Evening Sound Music N/A
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1999 8 ½ Women Sound Music 58
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1999 Po całym ciele Sound Music N/A
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1997 Verdi: La Forza del Destino Sound Music N/A
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1997 Macbeth Sound Original Music Composer N/A
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1996 Rigoletto Sound Music N/A
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1996 Verdi: Don Carlos Sound Original Music Composer 59
Average
1995 Otello Sound Original Music Composer 59
Average
1995 Giuseppe Verdi: Simon Boccanegra Sound Original Music Composer N/A
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1994 Rigoletto Sound Music N/A
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1993 I Lombardi - The Met Sound Music N/A
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1993 Stiffelio - The Met Sound Music N/A
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1993 Falstaff Sound Original Music Composer 59
Average
1992 Don Carlo Sound Original Music Composer N/A
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1992 Otello Sound Original Music Composer N/A
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1991 Attila Sound Music N/A
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1991 Attila Sound Original Music Composer N/A
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1991 Un Ballo in Maschera Sound Original Music Composer N/A
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1990 I vespri Siciliani Sound Original Music Composer N/A
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1989 Aida Sound Original Music Composer 59
Average
1989 12 Directors for 12 Cities Sound Music 58
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1989 The Prisoner of the Chateau d'If Sound Music 69
Fair
1989 Otello Sound Music N/A
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1988 Il Trovatore Sound Music N/A
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1988 Camillo Castiglioni oder die Moral der Haifische Sound Music N/A
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1988 I due Foscari Sound Original Music Composer N/A
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1988 Verdi — Il trovatore Sound Original Music Composer N/A
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1987 La Traviata Sound Original Music Composer 59
Average
1987 Verdi: Macbeth Sound Original Music Composer 59
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1987 Rigoletto Sound Original Music Composer N/A
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1987 Verdi Macbeth Chailly Sound Original Music Composer N/A
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1986 Nabucco Sound Music 59
Average
1985 Aida Sound Original Music Composer 59
Average
1985 Don Carlo Sound Music N/A
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1985 Il Trovatore Sound Original Music Composer N/A
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1985 Verdi: Simon Boccanegra Sound Original Music Composer N/A
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1985 Aida Sound Original Music Composer N/A
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1984 Simon Boccanegra Sound Original Music Composer N/A
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1984 Tosca's Kiss Sound Musician 59
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1984 La Forza del Destino Sound Original Music Composer N/A
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1983 Ernani Sound Original Music Composer N/A
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1983 Don Carlo Sound Original Music Composer 59
Average
1983 In Concert at The Met Sound Original Music Composer 59
Average
1982 La traviata Sound Original Music Composer 59
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1982 Verdi: Requiem Sound Original Music Composer N/A
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1982 Verdi Ernani Sound Original Music Composer 59
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1982 Verdi: Rigoletto Sound Original Music Composer 59
Average
1981 Aida - San Francisco Opera Sound Original Music Composer N/A
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1981 Rigoletto Sound Original Music Composer N/A
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1981 Nabucco Sound Music N/A
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1981 Aida Sound Original Music Composer 58
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1981 La Traviata - The Met Sound Original Music Composer N/A
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1980 Don Carlo Sound Original Music Composer N/A
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1980 Un Ballo in Maschera Sound Original Music Composer N/A
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1979 Falstaff Sound Music N/A
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1978 Verdi: Simon Boccanegra Sound Original Music Composer N/A
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1978 Il Trovatore - Verdi Sound Original Music Composer 59
Average
1977 Rigoletto Sound Original Music Composer 59
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1977 Nabucco Sound Original Music Composer N/A
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1976 La Traviata Sound Music N/A
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1975 Verdi Un Ballo in Maschera Sound Original Music Composer N/A
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1975 Grisù Sound Music 69
Fair
1974 Nora Helmer Sound Music 59
Average
1973 Aida (1973 Tokyo) Sound Original Music Composer N/A
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1973 Otello Sound Music N/A
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1973 La Traviata Sound Original Music Composer N/A
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1972 The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant Sound Music 63
Fair
1962 Maria Callas: At Covent Garden, 1962 and 1964 Sound Music 58
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1958 Maria Callas: Débuts à Paris Sound Music 58
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1958 Otello Sound Original Music Composer 59
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1957 Il Trovatore Sound Original Music Composer N/A
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1955 Rigoletto Sound Music 58
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1953 Giuseppe Verdi Sound Original Music Composer 59
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1953 Aida Sound Music 58
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1949 Il trovatore Sound Music N/A
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1949 Toscanini: The Television Concerts, Vol. 5: Verdi: Aida Sound Original Music Composer N/A
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1947 La signora dalle camelie Sound Original Music Composer N/A
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1938 Madreselva Sound Original Music Composer 59
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1934 Die Weltoper Nr. 1 Sound Music N/A
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La Traviata Sound Music N/A
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Aida Sound Music N/A
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Crew
2023 Maledictis Crew Compositor 59
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2020 Don Carlos [Opéra Royal de Wallonie-Liège] Crew Compositor N/A
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2018 Teatro alla Scala: Joan of Arc Crew Compositor N/A
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2016 Giuseppe Verdi - I due Foscari Crew Compositor N/A
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2015 Verdi Nabucco Crew Compositor 59
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2014 Best Of Verdi Opera Choruses Crew Compositor N/A
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2014 The Metropolitan Opera: Macbeth Crew Compositor N/A
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2014 Verdi La Forza del Destino Crew Compositor N/A
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2013 Verdi Requiem Crew Compositor N/A
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2012 The Metropolitan Opera: Otello Crew Compositor N/A
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2012 I Due Foscari - Verdi Crew Compositor 59
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2005 Verdi La Traviata Crew Compositor N/A
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1996 La Forza del Destino - The Met Crew Compositor N/A
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1993 Verdi Stiffelio Crew Compositor N/A
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1993 La Traviata Crew Compositor N/A
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1990 Giuseppe Verdi - Un Ballo in Maschera Crew Compositor N/A
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1990 Verdi: Un ballo in maschera Crew Compositor N/A
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1989 Rigoletto Crew Compositor N/A
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1988 An Evening with Joan Sutherland and Luciano Pavarotti Crew Compositor 59
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1962 Maria Callas: At Covent Garden, 1962 and 1964 Crew Compositor 58
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1962 Verdi Otello Crew Compositor N/A
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1958 Maria Callas: Débuts à Paris Crew Compositor 58
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1948 Toscanini Volume Three The Television Concerts (1948-52) Crew Compositor N/A
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