The following is a list of compositions by 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.
List of operas and revisions
Revision of earlier opera, including translations with material musical changes.
#TitleLibrettoActsLanguagePremiereRemarks1Oberto, conte di San BonifacioTemistocle Solera2 ItalianLa Scala, Milan17 Nov 1839Lightly revised three times after the première2Un giorno di regnoFelice Romani2 ItalianLa Scala, Milan5 Sep 1840Later revision known as Il finto Stanislao3NabucodonosorTemistocle Solera4 ItalianLa Scala, Milan9 Mar 1842Later known as Nabucco4I Lombardi alla prima crociataTemistocle Solera4 ItalianLa Scala, Milan11 Feb 1843Later revised in French as Jérusalem5Ernani4ItalianLa Fenice, Venice9 Mar 1844Based on work by Victor Hugo6I due FoscariFrancesco Maria Piave3 ItalianTeatro Argentina, Rome3 Nov 1844Based on work by Lord Byron7Giovanna d'ArcoTemistocle Solera3 ItalianLa Scala, Milan15 Feb 1845Based on work by Friedrich Schiller8AlziraSalvatore Cammarano2 ItalianSan Carlo, Naples12 Aug 18459AttilaTemistocle SoleraFrancesco Maria Piave3 ItalianLa Fenice, Venice17 Mar 1846Acts 1 and 2 written, and Act 3 sketched, by SoleraAct 3 completed by Piave.10MacbethFrancesco Maria Piave4 ItalianLa Pergola, Florence14 Mar 1847Based on work by William Shakespeare11I masnadieriAndrea Maffei4 ItalianHer Majesty's Theatre, London22 Jul 1847Based on work by Friedrich Schiller4aJérusalemTemistocle SoleraAlphonse RoyerGustave Vaëz4FrenchSalle Le Peletier, Paris26 Nov 1847Revision and translation of I Lombardi alla prima crociata12Il corsaroFrancesco Maria Piave3 ItalianTeatro Grande, Trieste25 Oct 1848Based on work by Lord Byron13La battaglia di LegnanoSalvatore Cammarano4 ItalianTeatro Argentina, Rome27 Jan 184914Luisa MillerSalvatore Cammarano3 ItalianSan Carlo, Naples8 Dec 1849Based on work by Friedrich Schiller15StiffelioFrancesco Maria Piave3 ItalianTeatro Grande, Trieste16 Nov 1850Later revised as Aroldo16RigolettoFrancesco Maria Piave3 ItalianLa Fenice, Venice11 Mar 1851Based on work by Victor Hugo17Il trovatoreSalvatore CammaranoLeone Emanuele Bardare4ItalianTeatro Apollo, Rome19 Jan 1853Cammarano died before completion; his libretto was restructured by Bardare18La traviataFrancesco Maria Piave3 ItalianLa Fenice, Venice6 Mar 1853Based on work by Alexandre Dumas fils19Les vêpres siciliennesCharles DuveyrierEugène Scribe5FrenchSalle Le Peletier, Paris13 June 185519aGiovanna de GuzmanCharles DuveyrierEugène ScribeEttore Caimi5 ItalianTeatro Regio, Parma26 Dec 1855Revision and translation of Les vêpres siciliennesAlso known as Batilda di Turenne in an 1858 Naples productionBudden, Vol. 2, p.369After 1861 most commonly known as I vespri siciliani17aLe trouvèreSalvatore CammaranoLeone Emanuele BardarePitou, p. 1333Budden, Vol. 2, p. 1074 FrenchLa Monnaie, Brussels20 May 1856Revision and translation of Il trovatore, with added ballet20Simon BoccanegraFrancesco Maria Piave3 ItalianLa Fenice, Venice12 Mar 185715aAroldoFrancesco Maria Piave4 Italian, Rimini16 Aug 1857Revision of Stiffelio set in Anglo-Saxon BritainAct 3 expanded21Un ballo in mascheraAntonio Somma3 ItalianTeatro Apollo, Rome17 Feb 1859Revision of the unperformed Gustavo III22La forza del destinoFrancesco Maria Piave4 ItalianBolshoi, Saint Petersburg10 Nov 186210aMacbethFrancesco Maria Piave4 ItalianThéâtre Lyrique, Paris21 Apr 1865Revised version with cuts including Macbeth's final aria23Don CarlosJoseph MéryCamille du Locle5FrenchSalle Le Peletier, Paris11 Mar 1867Based on work by Friedrich Schiller23aDon CarloJoseph MéryCamille du Locle5 ItalianRoyal Italian Opera House, London4 Jun 1867Translation of Don Carlos, first performed with unauthorised amendments and cutsItalian première of this version took place on 4 Jun 1867 at the Teatro Comunale, Bologna.22aLa forza del destinoFrancesco Maria PiaveAntonio Ghislanzoni4 ItalianLa Scala, Milan27 Feb 1869Revised version, with text added by Ghislanzoni24AidaAntonio Ghislanzoni4 ItalianKhedivia, Cairo24 Dec 187123bDon CarloJoseph MéryCamille du LocleAchille de LauzièresAntonio Ghislanzoni5ItalianSan Carlo, NaplesNov / Dec 1872Revised version, with text added by Ghislanzoni20aSimon BoccanegraFrancesco Maria PiaveArrigo Boito3ItalianLa Scala, Milan24 Mar 1881Revised version, with text changed and added by BoitoAct 1 Council Chamber finale added in this version23cDon CarloJoseph MéryCamille du LocleCharles-Louis-Étienne NuitterAchille de Lauzières4ItalianLa Scala, Milan10 Jan 1884Second revised version, omitting Act 1 and the balletInitial revisions in French (from Don Carlos) by du Locle and Nuittier (working with Verdi)First performed in an Italian translation by Zanardini (incorporating previous work of de Lauzières)23dDon CarloJoseph MéryCamille du LocleCharles-Louis-Étienne NuitterAchille de LauzièresAngelo Zanardini5ItalianTeatro Municipale, Modena29 Dec 1886Third revised version, restoring Act 125OtelloArrigo Boito4ItalianLa Scala, Milan5 Feb 1887Based on work by William Shakespeare26 FalstaffArrigo Boito3ItalianLa Scala, Milan9 Feb 1893Based on work by William Shakespeare
Incomplete projects Re Lear (King Lear), 1856. Librettist Antonio Somma worked with Verdi on completing a libretto for an opera based on Shakespeare's King Lear. This libretto was based on an incomplete one written by librettist Salvatore Cammarano before he died in 1852. It was never set to music.
Songs
Sei Romanze (1838) Non t'accostar all'urna (Jacopo Vittorelli) More, Elisa, lo stanco poeta (Tommaso Bianchi) In solitaria stanza (Jacopo Vittorelli) Nell'orror di notte oscura (Carlo Angiolini) Perduta ho la pace (trans. by Luigi Balestra from Goethe's Faust) Deh, pietoso, o addolorata (trans. by Luigi Balestra from Goethe's Faust) L'esule (1839) (Temistocle Solera) La seduzione (1839) (Luigi Balestra) Guarda che bianca luna: notturno (1839) (Jacopo Vittorelli) for soprano, tenor, bass and flute obbligato Album di Sei Romanze (1845) Il tramonto (Andrea Maffei) La zingara (S. Manfredo Maggioni) Ad una stella (Maffei) Lo Spazzacamino (Felice Romani) Il Mistero (Felice Romani) Brindisi (Maffei) Il poveretto (1847) (Maggioni) L'Abandonée (1849) (Escudier) Stornello (1869) (anon.) Pietà Signor (1894) (Verdi and Boito)
Sacred works
Libera me for Messa per Rossini (1869; premiered posthumously 11 September 1988, Stuttgart). Mass in memory of Gioachino Rossini. Verdi wrote the "Libera me", with contributions from twelve other composers. Pater Noster (1873): for 5-part chorus Messa da Requiem (22 May 1874, San Marco, Milan): mass in memory of Alessandro Manzoni, for four solo voices, chorus, and orchestra Ave Maria (1880): for soprano and strings Quattro pezzi sacri (7 April 1898, Grande Opéra, Paris): Ave Maria (1889): for mixed solo voices Stabat Mater (1897): for mixed chorus and orchestra Laudi alla Vergine Maria (1888): for female voices Te Deum (1896): for double chorus and orchestra
Other sacred works
Tantum ergo in G major (1836) Tantum ergo in F major Messa in E major Laudate pueri in D major Qui tollis in F major
Other vocal works (secular) Suona la tromba (1848) (Goffredo Mameli), a patriotic hymn Inno delle nazioni (1862, London) (Arrigo Boito), cantata for tenor, chorus and orchestra. (See Hymn (or Anthem) of the Nations)
Instrumental, orchestral, chamber works
Piano Romanza senza parole (written 1844, published 1865) Waltz in F Major (written 1859) Valzer (written by Verdi for piano, but not published until 1963 when Nino Rota adapted it for orchestra in his score for Luchino Visconti's film The Leopard) Orchestral
Sinfonia in B major Sinfonia in C major Sinfonia del M. Verdi in D major with Giacomo Mori, Canto di Virginia Con Variazioni per Oboe Composte con accomp.to d'Orchestra quintetto
Chamber String Quartet in E minor (1873) Stramberia for violin and piano
References Notes
Sources Budden, Julian (1984), The Operas of Verdi, Vol. 2. London: Cassell, Ltd., 1984, pp. 360–423 Budden, Julian (1984), The Operas of Verdi, Vol. 3: From Don Carlos to Falstaff. London: Cassell. . Pitou, Spire (1990). The Paris Opéra: An Encyclopedia of Operas, Ballets, Composers, and Performers. Growth and Grandeur, 1815–1914. New York: Greenwood Press. . Walker, Frank, The Man Verdi, New York: Knopf, 1962; Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1982 Rizzo, Dino, Verdi filarmonico e Maestro dei filarmonici bussetani, Parma, Istituto nazionale di Studi verdiani, 2005, Premio Rotary Club "Giuseppe Verdi" - 6.