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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.
Pages in category "Operas based on works by William Shakespeare" The following 20 pages are in this category, out of 20 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Falstaff (Italian pronunciation:) is a comic opera in three acts by the Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi.The Italian-language libretto was adapted by Arrigo Boito from the play The Merry Wives of Windsor and scenes from Henry IV, Part 1 and Part 2, by William Shakespeare.
Otello (Italian pronunciation:) is an opera in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian libretto by Arrigo Boito, based on Shakespeare's play Othello.It was Verdi's penultimate opera, first performed at the Teatro alla Scala, Milan, on 5 February 1887.
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 is a list of individual opera composers and their major works. The list includes composers' principal operas and those of historical importance in the development of the art form. It covers the full historical period from the birth of opera in the late 16th century to the present day, and includes all forms of opera from light music to ...
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.
The Coro di Zingari (Italian for "Gypsy chorus"), [1] known in English as the "Anvil Chorus", is a chorus from act 2, scene 1 of Giuseppe Verdi's 1853 opera Il trovatore.It depicts Spanish Gypsies striking their anvils at dawn – hence its English name – and singing the praises of hard work, good wine, and Gypsy women.