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 2076-2100 of 2292 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Gramophone | 7310½b | 10-in. | 1905 | Il balen del suo sorriso | Francesco Cigada | Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Gramophone | 7319½b | 10-in. | 1905 | Vivra contende il giubilo | Francesco Cigada ; Angela De Angelis | Vocal duet (soprano and baritone), with orchestra | composer | |
Gramophone | 7320b | 10-in. | 1905 | Vivrà, contende il giubilo | Celestina Boninsegna ; Francesco Cigada | Vocal duet (soprano and baritone), with orchestra | composer | |
Gramophone | 7321b | 10-in. | 1905 | Ernani, involami | Celestina Boninsegna | Soprano vocal solo, with piano | composer | |
Gramophone | 7337b | 10-in. | Jan. 1905 | Tu se' Ernani | Ida Giacomelli ; Gino Martinez-Patti ; Enrico Pignataro | Vocal trio (soprano, tenor, and baritone), with orchestra | composer | |
Gramophone | 7346b | 10-in. | 1905 | Parigi o cara | Emilio Perea ; Adele Rizzini | Vocal duet (soprano and tenor), with orchestra | composer | |
Gramophone | 7552½b | 10-in. | 1905 | Di quella pira | Giovanni Valls | Tenor vocal solo, with chorus and orchestra | composer | |
Gramophone | 7553b | 10-in. | 1905 | Libiam nei lieti calici | Emilio Perea ; Adele Rizzini | Vocal duet (soprano and tenor), with chorus and orchestra | composer | |
Gramophone | 7563⅓b | 10-in. | 1905 | Quante d'Iberia giovani | Ida Giacomelli | Soprano vocal solo, with chorus and orchestra | composer | |
Gramophone | 7585b | 10-in. | 1905 | Si ridesti il leon di Castiglia | Teatro alla Scala Coro | Chorus, with orchestra | composer | |
Gramophone | 7586b | 10-in. | 1905 | In arcion, cavalieri! | Cesare Preve ; Giuseppi Sala | Vocal duet (tenor and bass), with chorus and orchestra | composer | |
Gramophone | 8041¾b | 10-in. | ca. May 1906 | Ah, fors’è lui | Josephina Huguet | Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Gramophone | 8042b | 10-in. | approximately May 1906 | Sempre libera degg'io | Josephina Huguet ; Pietro Lara | Vocal duet (soprano and tenor), with orchestra | composer | |
Gramophone | 8044b | 10-in. | May 1906 | Tutte le feste al tempio | Josephina Huguet | Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Gramophone | 8051b | 10-in. | May 1906 | La zingarella | Teatro alla Scala Coro | Chorus, with orchestra | composer | |
Gramophone | 8077b | 10-in. | May 1906 | Esultiam! | Teatro alla Scala Coro | Chorus, with orchestra | composer | |
Gramophone | 8078b | 10-in. | May 1906 | O come felici | Teatro alla Scala Coro | Chorus, with orchestra | composer | |
Gramophone | 8081½b | 10-in. | approximately May 1906 | Di che fulgor | Francesco Cigada ; Maria Grisi ; Josephina Huguet ; Carlo Ottoboni | Vocal quartet (2 sopranos, baritone, and bass), with orchestra | composer | |
Gramophone | 0EA8086 | 10-in. | 7/15/1939 | Di quella pira | Jussi Björling ; Nils Grevillius | Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Gramophone | 8088b | 10-in. | May 1906 | Ernani : Finale, act I | Maria Grisi ; Carlo Ottoboni ; Giuseppe Sala ; Remo Sangiorgi | Vocal quartet (soprano, 2 tenors, and bass), with orchestra | composer | |
Gramophone | 8089b | 10-in. | May 1906 | Vieni meco | Francesco Cigada ; Maria Grisi ; Carlo Ottoboni | Vocal trio (soprano, baritone, and bass), with chorus and orchestra | composer | |
Gramophone | al8216f | 10-in. | 12/18/1914 | Sicilian vespers : Selection | Band of H. M. Coldstream Guards ; John MacKenzie-Rogan | Band | composer | |
Gramophone | al8217f | 10-in. | 12/18/1914 | Sicilian vespers : Ballet selection | Band of H. M. Coldstream Guards ; John MacKenzie-Rogan | Band | composer | |
Gramophone | 9059b | 10-in. | approximately October 1906 | Il balen del suo sorriso | Titta Ruffo | Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Gramophone | 9060b | 10-in. | approximately October 1906 | Di Provenza al mar | Titta Ruffo | Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra | composer |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Verdi, Giuseppe," accessed May 2, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/102328.
Verdi, Giuseppe. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved May 2, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/102328.
"Verdi, Giuseppe." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 2 May 2024.
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