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 1901-1925 of 2290 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Gramophone | 1863c | 12-in. | 11/1/1909 | Ohimè! di guerra fremere | Egidio Cunego ; Bianca Lavin de Casas ; Helena Zboińska-Ruszkowska | Vocal trio (soprano, contralto and tenor), with orchestra | composer | |
Gramophone | 1871c | 12-in. | 11/6/1909 | Ohimè! morir mi sento | Bianca Lavin de Casas ; Rizzo Sant'Elia | Mezzo-soprano vocal solo, with chorus and orchestra | composer | |
Gramophone | 1873c | 12-in. | 11/6/1909 | Scena del giudizio | Bianca Lavin de Casas ; Rizzo Sant'Elia ; Teatro alla Scala Coro ; Teatro alla Scala Orchestra | Vocal duet (mezzo-soprano and bass), with orchestra and mixed vocal chorus | composer | |
Gramophone | 1876c | 12-in. | 11/8/1909 | Credo in un Dio crudel | Ernesto Badini | Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Gramophone | 1881c | 12-in. | 11/12/1909 | Quest' assisa ch'io vesto | Ernesto Badini ; Egidio Cunego ; Elena Fabris ; Bianca Lavin de Casas ; Rizzo Sant'Elia | Vocal quintet (soprano, contralto, tenor, baritone, and bass), with chorus and orchestra | composer | |
Gramophone | BK1902 | 10-in. | 11/23/1926 | O signor che deal tetto natio | Teatro alla Scala Coro | Vocal chorus, with orchestra | composer | |
Gramophone | BK1926 | 10-in. | 11/10/1926 | Va pensiero sull' ali dorate | Teatro alla Scala Coro | Vocal chorus, with orchestra | composer | |
Gramophone | BK1948 | 10-in. | 11/16/1926 | Beviam, beviam | Teatro alla Scala Coro | Mixed vocal chorus | composer | |
Gramophone | BK1949 | 10-in. | 11/16/1926 | Si ridesti il leon di Castiglia | Teatro alla Scala Coro | Mixed vocal chorus | composer | |
Gramophone | 1951c | 12-in. | 4/2/1909 | I sacri nomi | Celestina Boninsegna | Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Gramophone | 1952c | 12-in. | 4/2/1909 | O cieli azzurri | Celestina Boninsegna | Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Gramophone | 1965c | 12-in. | 4/9/1909 | Dio mi potevi scagliare | Carlo Barrera | Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Gramophone | 1971c | 12-in. | 4/13/1909 | Giuramento | Ernesto Badini ; Carlo Barrera | Vocal duet (tenor and baritone), with orchestra | composer | |
Gramophone | 2012c | 12-in. | 8/29/1910 | Dormiro sol nel manto mio rega | Fyodor Ivanovich Chaliapin | Bass vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Gramophone | 2170f | 12-in. | 12/20/1907 | Caro nome | Luisa Tetrazzini | Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Gramophone | 2179L | 10-in. | 1904 | Miserere | Celestina Boninsegna ; Giovanni Valls | Vocal duet (soprano and tenor), with piano | composer | |
Gramophone | 2179f | 12-in. | 12/20/1907 | Ah, fors'é lui | Luisa Tetrazzini | Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Gramophone | 2179f | 12-in. | 12/20/1907 | Ah, fors' e lui | Luisa Tetrazzini | Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Gramophone | 2180L | 10-in. | ca. 1904 | Esultate : Ora e per sempre | Giovanni Valls | Tenor vocal solo, with piano | composer | |
Gramophone | 2181L | 10-in. | approximately 1904 | O tu che in seno agli angeli | Giovanni Valls | Tenor vocal solo, with piano | composer | |
Gramophone | 2229c | 12-in. | 6/10/1911 | Ernani, involami | Frieda Hempel | Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Gramophone | CF2275 | 12-in. | 9/18/1928 | I vespri siciliani : Sinfonia | Pietro Carlo Aghemo ; Corpo Musicale della Real Marina Italiana | Military band | composer | |
Gramophone | CF2276 | 12-in. | 9/19/1928 | I vespri siciliani : Sinfonia | Pietro Carlo Aghemo ; Corpo Musicale della Real Marina Italiana | Military band | composer | |
Gramophone | 02277v | 12-in. | 2/13/1912 | Aida : Gran finale — Atto 2 | Vincenzo Bettoni ; Egidio Cunego ; G. Le Brun ; A. Neumarker ; Teresa Principe | Vocal quintet, with chorus and orchestra | composer | |
Gramophone | 2314L | 10-in. | December 1904 | Ah! Si ben mio | Giorgio Malesci | Tenor vocal solo, with piano | composer |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Verdi, Giuseppe," accessed April 25, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/102328.
Verdi, Giuseppe. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved April 25, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/102328.
"Verdi, Giuseppe." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 25 April 2024.
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