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Oct 10, 1813
Jan 27, 1901 (87)
Busseto, Parma, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
Giuseppe Verdi
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.
Year | Movie / TV show / Other | Role |
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— | Verdi: Nabucco | Opera |
2025 | The Metropolitan Opera: Aida | Writer |
2024 | The Metropolitan Opera: Nabucco | Music |
2024 | The Metropolitan Opera: La Forza del Destino | Music |
2024 | The Metropolitan Opera: Nabucco | Writer |
2023 | About Dry Grasses | Music |
2023 | Maledictis | Music |
2023 | The Metropolitan Opera: Falstaff | Music |
2023 | Don Carlo | Sound |
2023 | Nabucco - Grand Théâtre de Genève | Music |
2023 | Giuseppe Verdi: Macbeth - Salzburger Festspiele 2023 | Original Music Composer |
2022 | Verdi: Don Carlos | Music |
2022 | The Metropolitan Opera: Rigoletto | Music Score Producer |
2022 | Nostalghia - Sui luoghi di Tarkovskij 40 anni dopo | Music |
2022 | New Year's Concert 2022 from the Teatro La Fenice | Music |
2021 | Rigoletto | Original Music Composer |
2021 | La Traviata | Music |
2021 | Il Trovatore | Original Music Composer |
2021 | Verdi's Requiem: The Met Remembers 9/11 | Music |
2021 | Macbeth - Teatro alla Scala | Music |
2020 | In My Room | Music |
2020 | Don Carlos [Opéra Royal de Wallonie-Liège] | Compositor |
2020 | Anna Netrebko und Rolando Villazón singen "La Traviata" | Original Music Composer |
2020 | Fragments Part I – “Traviata” – Act III: Preludio, scena e aria | Music |
2020 | Stiffelio | Music |
2020 | Falstaff (Hamburg State Opera) | Opera |
2019 | Verdi: Messa da Requiem | Original Music Composer |
2019 | The ROH Live: La Traviata | Original Music Composer |
2019 | I Vespri Siciliani | Original Music Composer |
2019 | Verdi: Falstaff - Teatro Real | Writer |
2019 | Verdi: Falstaff - Teatro Real | Original Music Composer |
2019 | Verdi: Simon Boccanegra (Salzburg Festival) | Original Music Composer |
2019 | Verdi: Macbeth | Original Music Composer |
2019 | Verdi: Simon Boccanegra | Original Music Composer |
2019 | The ROH Live: La forza del destino | Music |
2019 | Aida: Grand Théâtre de Genève | Music |
2018 | The Metropolitan Opera: La Traviata | Original Music Composer |
2018 | The Metropolitan Opera: Luisa Miller | Original Music Composer |
2018 | The Royal Opera House: Verdi's Macbeth | Music |
2018 | Verdi: Simon Boccanegra | Original Music Composer |
2018 | Verdi: Aida | Original Music Composer |
2018 | Macbeth | Original Music Composer |
2018 | Verdi: Don Carlo | Original Music Composer |
2018 | Verdi: Simon Boccanegra | Original Music Composer |
2018 | Opéra National de Paris: Verdi's La Traviata | Original Music Composer |
2018 | The 350th Anniversary Inaugural Gala | Original Music Composer |
2018 | Verdi: Attila | Original Music Composer |
2018 | Verdi: Otello | Original Music Composer |
2018 | Teatro alla Scala: Joan of Arc | Compositor |
2017 | La Traviata | Musical |
2017 | The Opera House | Music |
2017 | The Metropolitan Opera: La Traviata | Original Music Composer |
2017 | Il club dei 27 | Music |
2017 | Rigoletto | Original Music Composer |
2017 | The ROH Live: Rigoletto | Music |
2017 | Opéra National de Paris: Verdi's Don Carlos | Original Music Composer |
2017 | Verdi: Simon Boccanegra | Original Music Composer |
2017 | Verdi: Nabucco | Original Music Composer |
2016 | Violettina | Music |
2016 | Verdi: La Traviata | Original Music Composer |
2016 | Verdi: I Due Foscari | Compositor |
2016 | The ROH Live: Nabucco | Music |
2016 | Macbeth | Music |
2015 | This is Opera | Original Music Composer |
2015 | Macbeth | Original Music Composer |
2015 | Verdi: Macbeth | Music |
2015 | Verdi Nabucco | Compositors |
2015 | Verdi: Otello | Original Music Composer |
2015 | The Met — Il Trovatore | Original Music Composer |
2015 | Aida | Original Music Composer |
2015 | Nabucco | Original Music Composer |
2015 | Aida | Original Music Composer |
2015 | La Traviata | Original Music Composer |
2015 | Luisa Miller - San Francisco Opera | Opera |
2015 | Verdi: La Traviata | Original Music Composer |
2015 | La Traviata | Original Music Composer |
2014 | The Metropolitan Opera: Macbeth | Compositor |
2014 | Verdi La Forza del Destino | Compositors |
2014 | Il Trovatore | Original Music Composer |
2014 | Best Of Verdi Opera Choruses | Compositor |
2014 | Verdi: Otello | Music |
2013 | Il Trovatore | Original Music Composer |
2013 | The Metropolitan Opera: Rigoletto | Original Music Composer |
2013 | Verdi: Requiem | Original Music Composer |
2013 | The Metropolitan Opera: Falstaff | Opera |
2013 | Aida - Arena di Verona | Original Music Composer |
2013 | Les Vêpres siciliennes | Original Music Composer |
2013 | Verdi: Don Carlo | Original Music Composer |
2013 | I due Foscari | Original Music Composer |
2013 | Verdi: Don Carlo | Original Music Composer |
2013 | Verdi Requiem | Compositor |
2013 | Verdi: Falstaff (Salzburger Festspiele) | Opera |
2012 | The Metropolitan Opera: Aida | Original Music Composer |
2012 | La battaglia di Legnano | Original Music Composer |
2012 | The Metropolitan Opera: Un Ballo in Maschera | Original Music Composer |
2012 | I Due Foscari - Verdi | Compositor |
2012 | Giuseppe Verdi: La Traviata | Original Music Composer |
2012 | Aida | Original Music Composer |
2012 | Don Carlo | Original Music Composer |
2012 | Stiffelio | Original Music Composer |
2012 | I Masnadieri | Original Music Composer |
2012 | Alzira | Original Music Composer |
2012 | Verdi: Ernani | Original Music Composer |
2012 | The Metropolitan Opera: Otello | Compositors |
2012 | The Metropolitan Opera: La Traviata | Original Music Composer |
2012 | Aida | Original Music Composer |
2012 | San Francisco Opera: Verdi's Rigoletto | Original Music Composer |
2012 | Falstaff (Zurich) | Opera |
2011 | The Metropolitan Opera: Il Trovatore | Original Music Composer |
2011 | Verdi: Falstaff (Teatro Regio di Parma) | Opera |
2011 | Verdi: Macbeth | Original Music Composer |
2011 | La forza del destino | Original Music Composer |
2011 | Un ballo in maschera | Original Music Composer |
2011 | Nabucco | Original Music Composer |
2011 | MacBeth | Original Music Composer |
2010 | Il Trovatore | Original Music Composer |
2010 | Simon Boccanegra [The Metropolitan Opera] | Original Music Composer |
2010 | Rigoletto | Original Music Composer |
2010 | The Metropolitan Opera: Don Carlo | Original Music Composer |
2010 | Verdi: Aida (Bregenz Festival) | Original Music Composer |
2010 | Un giorno di regno | Original Music Composer |
2010 | I vespri siciliani | Original Music Composer |
2010 | Simon Boccanegra | Original Music Composer |
2010 | Attila | Original Music Composer |
2010 | Attila | Original Music Composer |
2010 | Verdi Attila | Original Music Composer |
2010 | Simon Boccanegra | Original Music Composer |
2010 | Rigoletto a Mantova | Music |
2009 | Falstaff | Original Music Composer |
2009 | La Traviata | Original Music Composer |
2009 | Nabucco | Original Music Composer |
2009 | Verdi: Aida | Original Music Composer |
2009 | I Lombardi alla prima crociata | Original Music Composer |
2008 | Verdi: Rigoletto (Teatro Regio di Parma) | Original Music Composer |
2008 | Rigoletto - Semperoper Dresden | Original Music Composer |
2008 | The Metropolitan Opera – Verdi: Macbeth | Original Music Composer |
2008 | La Traviata | Original Music Composer |
2008 | La Traviata im Hauptbahnhof Zürich | Original Music Composer |
2008 | Don Carlo - ROH | Original Music Composer |
2008 | Giovanna d'Arco | Original Music Composer |
2008 | Il corsaro | Original Music Composer |
2008 | Verdi: Otello | Original Music Composer |
2008 | Verdi: Un Ballo in Maschera | Original Music Composer |
2007 | Verdi: La Traviata (Teatro Regio di Parma) | Original Music Composer |
2007 | Verdi: La Traviata | Original Music Composer |
2007 | Luisa Miller | Original Music Composer |
2007 | Oberto | Original Music Composer |
2007 | Oberto | Original Music Composer |
2007 | La forza del destino | Original Music Composer |
2007 | La traviata in Paris | Music Arranger |
2007 | Nabucco | Original Music Composer |
2006 | Verdi: Aida | Original Music Composer |
2006 | Macbeth | Original Music Composer |
2006 | Rigoletto | Original Music Composer |
2006 | La Traviata | Original Music Composer |
2006 | Otello | Original Music Composer |
2006 | Aida | Sound |
2005 | La traviata | Original Music Composer |
2005 | Don Carlos | Original Music Composer |
2005 | Ernani | Original Music Composer |
2005 | Un Ballo in Maschera | Original Music Composer |
2005 | Verdi La Traviata | Compositors |
2005 | Un Ballo in Maschera | Opera |
2004 | Nabucco | Original Music Composer |
2004 | Nabucco | Original Music Composer |
2004 | Macbeth | Writer |
2004 | Rigoletto | Music |
2004 | Rigoletto | Writer |
2003 | Aida | Original Music Composer |
2002 | Il Trovatore | Original Music Composer |
2002 | Triumphal March and 30 Days of Their Own | Music |
2002 | A Verdi Gala from Berlin | Original Music Composer |
2002 | Simon Boccanegra | Music |
2002 | La Traviata | Original Music Composer |
2002 | Verdi: Simon Boccanegra | Original Music Composer |
2002 | Falstaff (La Scala) | Opera |
2001 | Rigoletto | Original Music Composer |
2001 | Gran Gala di Verdi | Original Music Composer |
2001 | Gran Gala di Verdi | Writer |
2001 | La Traviata | Original Music Composer |
2001 | Macbeth | Original Music Composer |
2001 | The Cupboard | Original Music Composer |
2001 | Otello | Original Music Composer |
2001 | Nabucco | Original Music Composer |
2001 | Verdi, Un Ballo in Maschera - Salvatore Licitra, Maria Guleghina, Riccardo Muti, Teatro alla Scala | Original Music Composer |
2001 | Rigoletto | Original Music Composer |
2001 | Otello | Original Music Composer |
2000 | Falstaff | Original Music Composer |
2000 | Jérusalem | Original Music Composer |
2000 | Un Ballo in Maschera - Gran Teatre del Liceu | Music |
2000 | Verdi: Nabucco | Music |
1999 | 8 ½ Women | Music |
1999 | Po całym ciele | Music |
1999 | Classics On A Summer's Evening | Music |
1997 | Macbeth | Original Music Composer |
1997 | Verdi: La Forza del Destino | Music |
1996 | Verdi: Don Carlos | Original Music Composer |
1996 | La Forza del Destino - The Met | Compositor |
1996 | Rigoletto | Music |
1995 | Otello | Original Music Composer |
1995 | Giuseppe Verdi: Simon Boccanegra | Original Music Composer |
1994 | Rigoletto | Music |
1993 | Falstaff | Original Music Composer |
1993 | Stiffelio - The Met | Music |
1993 | I Lombardi - The Met | Music |
1993 | Verdi Stiffelio | Compositors |
1993 | La Traviata | Compositors |
1992 | Otello | Original Music Composer |
1992 | Don Carlo | Original Music Composer |
1991 | Attila | Original Music Composer |
1991 | Attila | Music |
1991 | Un Ballo in Maschera | Original Music Composer |
1990 | I vespri Siciliani | Original Music Composer |
1990 | Giuseppe Verdi - Un Ballo in Maschera | Compositors |
1990 | Verdi: Un ballo in maschera | Compositor |
1989 | Aida | Original Music Composer |
1989 | 12 Directors for 12 Cities | Music |
1989 | The Prisoner of the Chateau d'If | Music |
1989 | Rigoletto | Compositors |
1989 | Otello | Music |
1988 | An Evening with Joan Sutherland and Luciano Pavarotti | Compositor |
1988 | I due Foscari | Original Music Composer |
1988 | Il Trovatore | Music |
1988 | Camillo Castiglioni oder die Moral der Haifische | Music |
1987 | Verdi: Macbeth | Original Music Composer |
1987 | La Traviata | Original Music Composer |
1987 | Rigoletto | Original Music Composer |
1987 | Verdi Macbeth Chailly | Original Music Composer |
1986 | Nabucco | Music |
1985 | Aida | Original Music Composer |
1985 | Aida | Original Music Composer |
1985 | Il Trovatore | Original Music Composer |
1985 | Verdi: Simon Boccanegra | Original Music Composer |
1984 | Tosca's Kiss | Musician |
1984 | La Forza del Destino | Original Music Composer |
1984 | Simon Boccanegra | Original Music Composer |
1983 | In Concert at The Met | Original Music Composer |
1983 | Don Carlo | Original Music Composer |
1983 | Ernani | Original Music Composer |
1982 | La traviata | Original Music Composer |
1982 | Verdi: Rigoletto | Original Music Composer |
1982 | Verdi Ernani | Original Music Composer |
1982 | Verdi: Requiem | Original Music Composer |
1981 | Aida - San Francisco Opera | Original Music Composer |
1981 | Aida | Original Music Composer |
1981 | Rigoletto | Original Music Composer |
1981 | Nabucco | Music |
1981 | La Traviata - The Met | Original Music Composer |
1980 | Don Carlo | Original Music Composer |
1980 | Un Ballo in Maschera | Original Music Composer |
1979 | Falstaff | Music |
1978 | Il Trovatore - Verdi | Original Music Composer |
1978 | Verdi: Simon Boccanegra | Original Music Composer |
1977 | Rigoletto | Original Music Composer |
1977 | Nabucco | Original Music Composer |
1976 | La Traviata | Music |
1975 | Grisù | Music |
1975 | Verdi Un Ballo in Maschera | Original Music Composer |
1975 | Falstaff | Sound |
1974 | Nora Helmer | Music |
1973 | Aida (1973 Tokyo) | Original Music Composer |
1973 | La Traviata | Original Music Composer |
1973 | Otello | Music |
1972 | The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant | Music |
1962 | Verdi Otello | Compositor |
1958 | Otello | Original Music Composer |
1957 | Il Trovatore | Original Music Composer |
1955 | Rigoletto | Music |
1953 | Aida | Music |
1953 | Giuseppe Verdi | Original Music Composer |
1949 | Il trovatore | Music |
1949 | Toscanini: The Television Concerts, Vol. 5: Verdi: Aida | Original Music Composer |
1948 | Toscanini Volume Three The Television Concerts (1948-52) | Compositor |
1947 | La signora dalle camelie | Original Music Composer |
1941 | The King's Jester | Opera |
1938 | Madreselva | Original Music Composer |