Giuseppe Verdi
Giuseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi (Italian: [dʒuˈzɛppe ˈverdi]; 9 or 10 October 1813 – 27 January 1901) was an Italian composer best known for his operas. He was born near Busseto to a provincial family of moderate means, receiving a musical education with the help of a local patron. Verdi came to dominate the Italian opera scene after the era of Gioachino Rossini, Vincenzo Bellini, and Gaetano Donizetti, whose works significantly influenced him. 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 did not seek to ingratiate himself with popular movements. As he became professionally successful, he 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. The bicentenary of his birth in 2013 was widely celebrated in broadcasts and performances. |
Birth and Death Data: Born October 9, 1813 (Le Roncole), Died January 27, 1901 (Milan)
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1892 - 1951
Roles Represented in DAHR: composer
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Recordings (Results 1776-1800 of 2292 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Edison | N-737 | 12-in. | 2/13/1929 | Aida : Fantasy | Edison Concert Orchestra ; Carlo Peroni | Orchestra | composer | |
Edison | N-738 | 12-in. | 2/13/1929 | Celeste Aïda | Artists vary | Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Gramophone | CA5 | 12-in. | 5/22/1921 | Per me giunto è il dì supremo | Mattia Battistini ; Carlo Sabajno | Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Gramophone | MELBA 6 | 12-in. | Mar. 1904 | Ah, fors' è lui (Andante) | Nellie Melba | Soprano vocal solo, with piano | composer | |
Gramophone | CA7 | 12-in. | 5/23/1921 | Oh! sommo Carlo | Mattia Battistini ; Jannina de Witt ; Giuseppe Taccani | Vocal trio (soprano, tenor, and baritone), with chorus and orchestra | composer | |
Gramophone | MELBA 22 | 12-in. | Mar. 1904 | Caro nome | Nellie Melba | Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Gramophone | MELBA 23 | 12-in. | Apr. 1904 | Ah, fors' è lui (Allegro) | Nellie Melba | Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Gramophone | 37z | 12-in. | 3/17/1909 | Cortigiani, vil razza | Emilio Sagi-Barba | Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Gramophone | 201aj | 12-in. | 11/21/1910 | Rivedrai le foreste | Ernesto Badini ; Fanny Lotti | Vocal duet (soprano and baritone), with orchestra | composer | |
Gramophone | H201L | 10-in. | December 1904 | Un trovatore da cani : Miserere | Unidentified performer(s) (Gramophone Co.) | Comic scene | composer | |
Gramophone | 202aj | 12-in. | 11/21/1910 | Su dunque, sorgete egzie coorti | Ernesto Badini ; Fanny Lotti | Vocal duet (soprano and baritone), with orchestra | composer | |
Gramophone | 212aj | 12-in. | 11/24/1910 | Quando narravi | Gino Conti ; Fanny Lotti | Vocal duet (soprano and tenor), with orchestra | composer | |
Gramophone | 213aj | 12-in. | 11/24/1910 | Venga la morte | Gino Conti ; Fanny Lotti | Vocal duet (soprano and tenor), with orchestra | composer | |
Gramophone | 234af | 12-in. | 5/30/1912 | Pietà, rispetto amore | Mattia Battistini | Baritone vocal solo, with piano | composer | |
Gramophone | 313aj | 12-in. | 6/27/1911 | Niun mi tema | Antonio Paoli | Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Gramophone | 354s | 12-in. | 1907 | Als Sieger kehre heim | Helene Offenberg | Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Gramophone | 369aj | 12-in. | 8/1/1911 | L'ora è fissata | Vittorio De Goetzen | Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Gramophone | 375aj | 12-in. | 8/2/1911 | Dal labbro il canto vola estasiato | Maria Passeri ; Giuseppe Tommasini | Vocal duet (soprano and tenor), with orchestra | composer | |
Gramophone | 427z | 10-in. | 1902 | Boska Aida | Władysław Florjański | Tenor vocal solo | composer | |
Gramophone | 429L | 10-in. | 1902 | Ario do portretu | Wiktor Grabczewski | Baritone vocal solo | composer | |
Gramophone | CE432 | 12-in. | 5/20/1922 | Di lei non più | Bernardo De Muro ; Anna Gramegna | Vocal duet (contralto and tenor), with orchestra | composer | |
Gramophone | BE434 | 10-in. | 5/22/1922 | Pur ti riveggo | Bernardo De Muro ; Irma Viganò | Vocal duet (soprano and tenor), with orchestra | composer | |
Gramophone | CE435 | 12-in. | 5/22/1922 | Si fuggiam gli ardori inospiti | Bernardo De Muro ; Irma Viganò | Vocal duet (soprano and tenor), with orchestra | composer | |
Gramophone | CE436 | 12-in. | 5/24/1922 | Si, fuggiam da queste mura | Aristide Baracchi ; Bernardo De Muro ; Anna Gramegna | Vocal trio (contralto, tenor, and baritone), with orchestra | composer | |
Gramophone | 490c | 12-in. | 1905 | A te scegli, seguimi | Luigi Colazza ; Giuseppe Torres de Luna | Vocal duet (tenor and baritone), with orchestra | composer |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Verdi, Giuseppe," accessed May 5, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/102328.
Verdi, Giuseppe. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved May 5, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/102328.
"Verdi, Giuseppe." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 5 May 2024.
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