Friday, February 1, 2013

VERDIANA: The Operas of Verdi

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 List of operas and revisions

#TitleLibretto# Acts, LanguagePremiere detailsRemarks
1Oberto, conte di San BonifacioAntonio Piazza, Temistocle Solera2 acts, ItalianTeatro alla Scala, Milan, November 17, 1839
2Il finto Stanislao di Polonia, ossia, un giorno di regno, Felice Romani2 acts, ItalianTeatro alla Scala, Milan, September 5, 1840
3Nabuccodonosor: un oratorio.Temistocle Solera4 acts, ItalianTeatro alla Scala, Milan, March 9, 1842
4I Lombardi alla prima crociata, tratto dell'epopea di Grossi.Temistocle Solera4 acts, ItalianTeatro alla Scala, Milan, February 11, 1843
5Ernani, ossia l'onor castiglianoFrancesco Maria Piave4 acts, ItalianTeatro La Fenice, Venice, March 9, 1844
6I due Foscari, tratto da Byron.Francesco Maria Piave3 acts, ItalianTeatro Argentina, Rome, November 3, 1844
7Giovanna d'Arco, ossia la pulzella d'OrleansTemistocle Solera3 acts, ItalianTeatro alla Scala, Milan, February 15, 1845
8Alzira, ossia gli americaniSalvadore Cammarano2 acts, ItalianTeatro San Carlo, Naples, August 12, 1845
9Attila, ossia il re degli uniTemistocle Solera, Francesco Maria Piave3 acts, ItalianTeatro La Fenice, Venice, March 17, 1846
10Macbetto (tratto da Guglielmo Shakespeare)Francesco Maria Piave4 acts, ItalianTeatro della Pergola, Florence, March 14, 1847
11I masnadieriAndrea Maffei4 acts, ItalianItalian Opera House, Her Majesty's Theatre, Haymarket, London, July 22, 1847
12GerusalemmeAlphonse Royer, Gustave Vaëz4 acts, FrenchParis Opéra (Salle Le Peletier) November 26, 1847French version of I Lombardi alla prima crociata with locations and characters changed to French ones
13Il corsaro (tratto da Byron)Francesco Maria Piave3 acts, ItalianTeatro Grande, Trieste, 25 October 1848
14Barbarossa ossia La battaglia di LegnanoSalvadore Cammarano4 acts, ItalianTeatro Argentina, Rome, January 27, 1849
15Intrigo ed amore, ossia Luisa MillerSalvatore Cammarano3 acts, ItalianTeatro San Carlo, Naples, December 8, 1849
16Stiffelio, ossia AROLDOFrancesco Maria Piave3 acts, ItalianTeatro Grande, Trieste, November 16, 1850
17Il duca di Mantova, ossia Rigoletto! La maledizioneFrancesco Maria Piave3 acts, ItalianTeatro La Fenice, Venice, March 11, 1851
18Il trovatore, ossia la tromba guerriera di ManricoSalvatore Cammarano, Leone Emanuele Bardare4 acts, ItalianTeatro Apollo, Rome, January 19, 1853
19La signora alle camelie, ossia La traviataFrancesco Maria Piave3 acts, ItalianTeatro la Fenice, Venice, March 6, 1853
20I vespri sicilianiCharles Duveyrier, Eugène Scribe5 acts, FrenchParis Opéra (Salle Le Peletier) June 13, 1855
21Giovanna de GuzmanEugenio Caimi5 acts, ItalianTeatro Regio, Parma, December 26, 1855Italian version of Les vêpres siciliennes. The opera was given under various titles - e.g.: Batilda di Turenne, seen by Verdi in Naples in January 1858[1] - until after the unification of Italy in 1860. Eventually it became known by its Italian title, I vespri Siciliani
22Le trouvèreSalvatore Cammarano, Leone Emanuele Bardare4 acts, FrenchParis Opéra (Salle Le Peletier) 1857Revised version for Paris of Il trovatore with a ballet added
23Simon BoccanegraFrancesco Maria Piave3 acts, ItalianTeatro La Fenice, Venice, March 12, 1857
24Aroldo, ossia l'ultimo dei re sassoni, tratto da Bulwer Lytton. Francesco Maria Piave4 acts, ItalianTeatro Nuovo, Rimini, August 16, 1857Revision of Stiffelio with location moved to Anglo-Saxon England and characters' names changed. Act 3 is expanded and different from Stiffelio
25Il conte di Warwich, ossia il ballo in mascheraAntonio Somma3 acts, ItalianTeatro Apollo, Rome, February 17, 1859Final title of an opera which began as Gustavo III for Naples in 1857, became Un vendetta in domino in 1858, and finally Un ballo in maschera in an American setting with Colonial-era characters in 1859
26Don Alvaro, ossia La potenza del fato.Francesco Maria Piave4 acts, ItalianBolshoi Kamenny Theatre, Saint Petersburg, November 10, 1862
27Macbetto (tratto da Guglielmo Shakespeare).Francesco Maria Piave4 acts, ItalianThéâtre Lyrique, Paris, April 21, 1865Revised version, with additions including Lady Macbeth's aria La luce langue and removal of Macbeth's final aria followed by his death off stage
28Don CarloCamille du Locle, Joseph Méry5 acts, FrenchParis Opéra (Salle Le Peletier) March 11, 1867
29La forza del destinoFrancesco Maria Piave4 acts, ItalianTeatro alla Scala, Milan, February 27, 1869Revised version, with text addition by Antonio Ghislanzoni
30AidaAntonio Ghislanzoni4 acts, ItalianKhedivial Opera House, Cairo, December 24, 1871
31Don CarloCamille du Locle, Joseph Méry5 acts, ItalianTeatro San Carlo, Naples, 1872First revision of Don Carlos, translated into Italian by Achille de Lauzières, with additions by Antonio Ghislanzoni
32Simon BoccanegraFrancesco Maria Piave3 acts, ItalianTeatro alla Scala, Milan, March 24, 1881Revised and expanded version, with text changes by Arrigo Boito and the notable addition of the Act 1 Council Chamber finale
33La force du destinFrancesco Maria Piave4 acts, FrenchAntwerp, March 14, 1881Revised version of La forza del destino translated into French by Charles Nuitter and Camille du Locle[2]
34Don CarloCamille du Locle, Joseph Méry4 acts, FrenchTeatro alla Scala, Milan, January 10, 1884Second revision of Don Carlos with Camille du Locle and Charles Nuitter. Omitted Act 1 and the ballet.
35Don CarloCamille du Locle, Joseph Méry5 acts, ItalianTeatro Municipale, Modena, December 29, 1886Third revision of Don Carlos with Angelo Zanardini. Restored Act 1, Fontainebleau scene
36Il moro di Venezia, ossia Otello -- tratto da Guglielmo ShakespeareArrigo Boito4 acts, ItalianTeatro alla Scala, Milan, February 5, 1887
37Le comare di Windsor, ossia, Falstaff -- tratto da Guglielmo ShakespeareArrigo Boito3 acts, ItalianTeatro alla Scala, Milan, February 9, 1893

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