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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.
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A satire of Italian opera seria based on a play by John Gay, the ballad opera format of The Beggar's Opera has proved popular even up to the current time. [18] 1731 Acis and Galatea (Handel). Handel's only work for the theatre that is set to an English libretto. [19] 1733 Orlando (Handel). [20]
Opera for the Young’s repertoire include age appropriate adaptations of Gretry's Beauty and the Beast, Massenet's Cinderella, Mozart's The Magic Flute, Rossini's The Barber of Seville, Dvořák's Rusalka, Humperdinck's Hansel and Gretel, Donizetti's The Elixir of Love, Sullivan's The Pirates of Penzance, and Orpheus Returns: The Case of the ...
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.
Opera is an art form in which singers and musicians perform a dramatic work (called an opera) which combines a text (called a libretto) and a musical score. Opera is part of the Western classical music tradition. Opera incorporates many of the elements of spoken theatre, such as acting, scenery and costumes and sometimes includes
Literally, "serious opera". Dominant style of opera in the 18th century, not only in Italy but throughout Europe (except France). Rigorously formal works using texts, mainly based on ancient history, by poet-librettists led by Metastasio. Patronized by the court and the nobility. Star singers were often castrati.
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.