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Giuseppe Verdi. The following is a list of published compositions by the composer Giuseppe Verdi (1813–1901). The list includes original creations as well as reworkings of the operas (some of which are translations, for example into French or from French into Italian) or subsequent versions of completed operas.
The following is a list of operas and operettas with entries in Wikipedia. The entries are sorted alphabetically by title, with the name of the composer and the year of the first performance also given. For a list of operas sorted by name of composer, see List of operas by composer.
This category has the following 5 subcategories, out of 5 total. * ... (7 P) B. Ballets to the music of Giuseppe Verdi (3 P) C. Chamber music by Giuseppe Verdi (1 P) O.
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A romantic comedy with music drawing on the opera buffa style of Rossini. [214] 1946 The Medium (Gian Carlo Menotti). Considered by many to be Menotti's finest work. [215] 1946 The Rape of Lucretia (Britten). Britten's first chamber opera. [216] 1947 Albert Herring (Britten). Britten's comic opera is heavily based upon use of the ensemble. [216]
This list provides a guide to opera composers, as determined by their presence on a majority of compiled lists of significant opera composers. (See the "Lists Consulted" section for full details.) The composers run from Jacopo Peri , who wrote the first ever opera in late 16th century Italy, to John Adams , one of the leading figures in the ...
This is a glossary list of opera genres, giving alternative names. "Opera" is an Italian word (short for "opera in musica"); it was not at first commonly used in Italy (or in other countries) to refer to the genre of particular works. Most composers used more precise designations to present their work to the public.
Verdi in 1859. After Verdi's first grand opera for the Paris Opéra – his adaptation of I Lombardi in 1847 given under the title of Jérusalem – the composer had wanted to write a completely new grand opera for the company, the appeal being the same as that which influenced all Italian composers of the day: the challenges of a form different from that of their homeland and the ability to ...