Giuseppe Verdi
- Known for
- Sound
- Born
- October 10, 1813
- Died
- January 27, 1901 (aged 87)
- Birthplace
- Busseto, Parma, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
Biography
Giuseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi (10 October 1813 – 27 January 1901) was an Italian composer of operas. Verdi was born near Busseto to a provincial family of moderate means, and developed a musical education with the help of a local patron. Verdi came to dominate the Italian opera scene after the era of Bellini, Donizetti and Rossini, whose works significantly influenced him, becoming one of the pre-eminent opera composers in history. In his early operas Verdi demonstrated a sympathy with the Risorgimento movement which sought the unification of Italy. He also participated briefly as an elected politician. The chorus "Va, pensiero" from his early opera Nabucco (1842), and similar choruses in later operas, were much in the spirit of the unification movement, and the composer himself became esteemed as a representative of these ideals. An intensely private person, Verdi however did not seek to ingratiate himself with popular movements and as he became professionally successful was able to reduce his operatic workload and sought to establish himself as a landowner in his native region. He surprised the musical world by returning, after his success with the opera Aida (1871), with three late masterpieces: his Requiem (1874), and the operas Otello (1887) and Falstaff (1893). His operas remain extremely popular, especially the three peaks of his 'middle period': Rigoletto, Il trovatore and La traviata, and the bicentenary of his birth in 2013 was widely celebrated in broadcasts and performances.
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Filmography
Concert for Europe 2025
Movie · Original Music Composer
Luisa Miller - Wiener Staatsoper
Movie · Original Music Composer
Verdi: Messa da Requiem - Barenboim
Movie · Original Music Composer
Holy Shit
Movie · Music
Concerto di Capodanno La Fenice 2026
Movie · Original Music Composer
53 Sundays
Movie · Music
Macbeth (Teatro Regio di Torino, 2026)
Movie · Original Music Composer
Simon Boccanegra – Dutch National Opera and Ballet
Movie · Original Music Composer
La Traviata 2026
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Metropolitan Opera: Macbeth
Movie · Music
Otello- Israeli Opera
Movie · Sound
La Traviata
Movie · Music
Un giorno di regno
Movie · Original Music Composer
Concerto per Agrigento - Capitale italiana della Cultura 2025
Movie · Original Music Composer
Attila
Movie · Original Music Composer
Asmik Grigorian in Kaunas St. Peter and St. Paul Cathedral
Movie · Original Music Composer
Giovanna d'Arco - Teatro Regio di Parma
Movie · Music
Vienna Opera Gala With Elina Garança, Sonya Yoncheva, Benjamin Bernheim and Jonas Kaufmann
Movie · Original Music Composer
Giuseppe Verdi: La Traviata @ Grand Théâtre de Genève
Movie · Original Music Composer
Golda Schultz, Rolando Villazón, and Ludovic Tézier @ Neuschwanstein Castle 2025
Movie · Original Music Composer
Chelsea Zurflüh & Jonathan Tetelman @ Château de Neuschwanstein 2025
Movie · Original Music Composer
Giuseppe Verdi: Nabucco - Arena di Verona 2025
Movie · Music
Verdi: Nabucco - Arena di Verona, 2025
Movie · Music
The Metropolitan Opera: Nabucco
Movie · Music
The Metropolitan Opera: La Forza del Destino
Movie · Music
Giuseppe Verdi - La Forza del Destino
Movie · Music
Hannover Klassik Open Air 2024
Movie · Original Music Composer
La Traviata - Nationaltheater Mannheim
Movie · Music
La Forza Del Destino - Gran Teatre del Liceu
Movie · Music
The Three Tenors - Birth of a Legend
Movie · Original Music Composer
Asmik Grigorian @ Salzburg Festival 2024
Movie · Original Music Composer
Nabucco - Grand Théâtre de Genève
Movie · Music
The Metropolitan Opera: Falstaff
Movie · Music
About Dry Grasses
Movie · Music
Maledictis
Movie · Music
Giuseppe Verdi: Macbeth - Salzburger Festspiele 2023
Movie · Music
Don Carlo
Movie · Music
Mantoue en musiques Avec Lea Desandre
Movie · Original Music Composer
Verdi Gala
Movie · Original Music Composer
Concerto per il 2 agosto 2023
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Metropolitan Opera: Don Carlos
Movie · Music
New Year's Concert 2022 from the Teatro La Fenice
Movie · Music
The Metropolitan Opera: Rigoletto
Movie · Music Score Producer
Nostalghia - Sui luoghi di Tarkovskij 40 anni dopo
Movie · Music
Aida
Movie · Music
The Metropolitan Opera: La Traviata
Movie · Original Music Composer
Concert in solidarity with Ukraine - Deutsches Symphonie Orchester Berlin
Movie · Original Music Composer
New Year's Eve Concert 2022 With the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Movie · Original Music Composer
100 anni di Musica - Renata Tebaldi
Movie · Original Music Composer
Muti conducts Verdi’s Requiem
Movie · Original Music Composer
Verdi: La forza del destino
Movie · Music
Rigoletto
Movie · Original Music Composer
La Traviata
Movie · Music
Il Trovatore
Movie · Original Music Composer
Verdi's Requiem: The Met Remembers 9/11
Movie · Music
Macbeth
Movie · Music
La Traviata
Movie · Music
Falstaff
Movie · Music
L'Opera in Ambasciata a Roma e Parigi
Movie · Original Music Composer
La Traviata - Wiener Staatsoper
Movie · Original Music Composer
Anna Netrebko und Rolando Villazón singen "La Traviata"
Movie · Original Music Composer
In My Room
Movie · Music
Fragments Part I – “Traviata” – Act III: Preludio, scena e aria
Movie · Music
Stiffelio
Movie · Music
The Red Scarf
Movie · Original Music Composer
Arena di Verona: Il Trovatore
Movie · Music
I Vespri Siciliani
Movie · Original Music Composer
Verdi: Falstaff - Teatro Real
Movie · Original Music Composer
Verdi: Simon Boccanegra
Movie · Original Music Composer
Verdi: Messa da Requiem
Movie · Original Music Composer
Verdi: Macbeth
Movie · Original Music Composer
Royal Opera House: La Traviata
Movie · Original Music Composer
Verdi: Simon Boccanegra
Movie · Original Music Composer
Royal Opera House: La Forza del Destino
Movie · Music
Aida: Grand Théâtre de Genève
Movie · Music
Concerto di Pasqua dal Duomo di Orvieto 2019
Movie · Original Music Composer
Macbeth
Movie · Original Music Composer
Royal Opera House: Macbeth
Movie · Music
Verdi: Don Carlo
Movie · Original Music Composer
Verdi: Simon Boccanegra
Movie · Original Music Composer
Verdi: Simon Boccanegra
Movie · Original Music Composer
Opéra National de Paris: Verdi's La Traviata
Movie · Original Music Composer
The 350th Anniversary Inaugural Gala
Movie · Original Music Composer
Verdi: Attila - Teatro alla Scala
Movie · Original Music Composer
Verdi: Otello
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Metropolitan Opera: Luisa Miller
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Metropolitan Opera: Aida
Movie · Original Music Composer
La Traviata
Movie · Original Music Composer
Verdi: Rigoletto - Teatro Massimo di Palermo
Movie · Original Music Composer
Il club dei 27
Movie · Music
Rigoletto
Movie · Original Music Composer
The ROH Live: Rigoletto
Movie · Music
Opéra National de Paris: Verdi's Don Carlos
Movie · Original Music Composer
Verdi: Simon Boccanegra
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Metropolitan Opera: La Traviata
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Opera House
Movie · Music
Verdi: Nabucco
Movie · Original Music Composer
Verdi: La Traviata
Movie · Original Music Composer
The ROH Live: Nabucco
Movie · Music
Macbeth
Movie · Music
Violettina
Movie · Music
Otello - Teatro Real Madrid (Palumbo)
Movie · Music Arranger
Rigoletto - Opéra National de Paris
Movie · Original Music Composer
La Traviata
Movie · Original Music Composer
Macbeth
Movie · Original Music Composer
Aida
Movie · Original Music Composer
Nabucco
Movie · Original Music Composer
Aida
Movie · Original Music Composer
La Traviata
Movie · Original Music Composer
Verdi: Otello
Movie · Original Music Composer
Verdi: La traviata
Movie · Original Music Composer
La Traviata
Movie · Original Music Composer
Il Trovatore - Metropolitan Opera
Movie · Original Music Composer
This is Opera
TV · Music · 3 eps
Il Trovatore
Movie · Original Music Composer
Verdi: Otello
Movie · Music
The Metropolitan Opera - Verdi: Macbeth
Movie · Original Music Composer
Aida - Arena di Verona
Movie · Original Music Composer
Messiah
Movie · Original Music Composer
Les Vêpres siciliennes
Movie · Original Music Composer
Verdi: Don Carlo
Movie · Original Music Composer
Verdi: Don Carlo - Royal Theater Turin
Movie · Original Music Composer
Il Trovatore - Staatsoper Berlin
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Metropolitan Opera: Rigoletto
Movie · Original Music Composer
Verdi Requiem
Movie · Original Music Composer
Verdi: Aida - Arena di Verona 2013
Movie · Music
Teatro alla Scala: La Traviata
Movie · Original Music Composer
Giuseppe Verdi: La Traviata
Movie · Original Music Composer
Verdi: Aida
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Metropolitan Opera: Aida
Movie · Original Music Composer
Verdi: Don Carlo
Movie · Original Music Composer
Verdi: La Traviata
Movie · Original Music Composer
Verdi: Stiffelio
Movie · Original Music Composer
Verdi: I masnadieri
Movie · Original Music Composer
Verdi: Alzira
Movie · Original Music Composer
Verdi: La battaglia di Legnano
Movie · Original Music Composer
Verdi: Ernani
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Metropolitan Opera: Un Ballo in Maschera
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Metropolitan Opera: La Traviata
Movie · Original Music Composer
Aida
Movie · Original Music Composer
San Francisco Opera: Verdi's Rigoletto
Movie · Original Music Composer
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Simon Boccanegra [The Metropolitan Opera]
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Metropolitan Opera: Il Trovatore
Movie · Original Music Composer
Giuseppe Verdi : La forza del destino
Movie · Original Music Composer
Verdi: Un ballo in maschera
Movie · Original Music Composer
Nabucco
Movie · Original Music Composer
MacBeth
Movie · Original Music Composer
La traviata
Movie · Original Music Composer
Messa da Requiem (2011)
Movie · Original Music Composer
Rigoletto
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Metropolitan Opera: Don Carlo
Movie · Original Music Composer
Verdi: Aida (Bregenz Festival)
Movie · Original Music Composer
Verdi: Il Trovatore
Movie · Original Music Composer
Un giorno di regno
Movie · Original Music Composer
I vespri siciliani
Movie · Original Music Composer
Verdi: Simon Boccanegra
Movie · Original Music Composer
Verdi: Attila
Movie · Original Music Composer
Attila
Movie · Original Music Composer
In Concert at The Met
Movie · Original Music Composer
Verdi Attila
Movie · Original Music Composer
Verdi: Simon Boccanegra - Teatro alla Scala
Movie · Original Music Composer
Rigoletto a Mantova
Movie · Music
Verdi: Nabucco
Movie · Original Music Composer
Falstaff
Movie · Original Music Composer
Royal Opera House: La Traviata
Movie · Original Music Composer
Verdi: Aida
Movie · Original Music Composer
Verdi: I due Foscari
Movie · Original Music Composer
Verdi: I Lombardi alla prima crociata
Movie · Original Music Composer
Verdi: Rigoletto (Teatro Regio di Parma)
Movie · Original Music Composer
Rigoletto - Semperoper Dresden
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Metropolitan Opera – Verdi: Macbeth
Movie · Original Music Composer
La Traviata
Movie · Original Music Composer
La Traviata im Hauptbahnhof Zürich
Movie · Original Music Composer
Don Carlo - ROH
Movie · Original Music Composer
Giovanna d'Arco
Movie · Original Music Composer
Verdi: Il corsaro
Movie · Original Music Composer
Verdi: Otello
Movie · Original Music Composer
Verdi: Un Ballo in Maschera
Movie · Original Music Composer
Verdi: La Traviata
Movie · Original Music Composer
Verdi: Luisa Miller
Movie · Original Music Composer
Verdi: Oberto
Movie · Original Music Composer
Oberto
Movie · Original Music Composer
La forza del destino
Movie · Original Music Composer
Nabucco
Movie · Original Music Composer
La traviata in Paris
Movie · Original Music Composer
Rigoletto
Movie · Original Music Composer
La Traviata
Movie · Original Music Composer
Otello
Movie · Original Music Composer
Verdi: Aida
Movie · Original Music Composer
Macbeth
Movie · Original Music Composer
Aida
Movie · Sound
Bernstein in London: Verdi Requiem
Movie · Music
Falstaff
Movie · Music
La traviata
Movie · Original Music Composer
Don Carlos
Movie · Original Music Composer
Verdi: Ernani
Movie · Original Music Composer
Un Ballo in Maschera
Movie · Original Music Composer
Verdi La Traviata
Movie · Music
Nabucco
Movie · Original Music Composer
Nabucco
Movie · Original Music Composer
Rigoletto
Movie · Music
Aida
Movie · Original Music Composer
Triumphal March and 30 Days of Their Own
Movie · Music
Il Trovatore
Movie · Original Music Composer
A Verdi Gala from Berlin
Movie · Original Music Composer
Simon Boccanegra
Movie · Music
La Traviata
Movie · Original Music Composer
Verdi: Simon Boccanegra
Movie · Original Music Composer
Gran Gala di Verdi
Movie · Original Music Composer
Otello
Movie · Original Music Composer
Rigoletto
Movie · Original Music Composer
Nabucco
Movie · Original Music Composer
La Traviata
Movie · Original Music Composer
Verdi, Un Ballo in Maschera - Salvatore Licitra, Maria Guleghina, Riccardo Muti, Teatro alla Scala
Movie · Original Music Composer
Rigoletto
Movie · Original Music Composer
Macbeth
Movie · Original Music Composer
Otello
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Cupboard
Movie · Music
Falstaff
Movie · Original Music Composer
Jérusalem
Movie · Original Music Composer
Un Ballo in Maschera - Gran Teatre del Liceu
Movie · Music
Verdi: Nabucco
Movie · Music
8 ½ Women
Movie · Music
Po całym ciele
Movie · Music
Classics On A Summer's Evening
Movie · Music
San Diego OperaTalk! with Nic Reveles
TV · Music · 1 ep
Macbeth
Movie · Original Music Composer
Verdi: La Forza del Destino
Movie · Music
Verdi: Don Carlos
Movie · Original Music Composer
Rigoletto
Movie · Music
Otello
Movie · Original Music Composer
Giuseppe Verdi: Simon Boccanegra
Movie · Original Music Composer
Rigoletto
Movie · Music
Rigoletto
Movie · Original Music Composer
Stiffelio - The Met
Movie · Music
I Lombardi - The Met
Movie · Music
Falstaff
Movie · Original Music Composer
Otello
Movie · Original Music Composer
Don Carlo
Movie · Original Music Composer
Attila
Movie · Original Music Composer
Un Ballo in Maschera
Movie · Original Music Composer
I vespri Siciliani
Movie · Original Music Composer
Aida
Movie · Original Music Composer
12 Directors for 12 Cities
Movie · Music
Otello
Movie · Music
The Prisoner of If Castle
Movie · Music
The Two Foscari
Movie · Original Music Composer
Il Trovatore
Movie · Music
Camillo Castiglioni oder die Moral der Haifische
Movie · Music
Rigoletto
Movie · Original Music Composer
Verdi: Macbeth
Movie · Original Music Composer
Macbeth
Movie · Original Music Composer
La Traviata
Movie · Original Music Composer
Bains de Minuit
TV · Music · 3 eps
Nabucco
Movie · Original Music Composer
Otello
Movie · Music
Aida
Movie · Original Music Composer
Il Trovatore
Movie · Original Music Composer
Verdi: Simon Boccanegra
Movie · Original Music Composer
Aida
Movie · Original Music Composer
Don Carlo
Movie · Music
Mathilde
Movie · Music
A Strange Love Affair
Movie · Music
Tosca's Kiss
Movie · Musician
La Forza del Destino - Metropolitan Opera
Movie · Original Music Composer
Simon Boccanegra
Movie · Original Music Composer
Don Carlo
Movie · Original Music Composer
Ernani
Movie · Original Music Composer
Verdi: Rigoletto
Movie · Original Music Composer
Verdi: Requiem
Movie · Original Music Composer
Verdi Ernani
Movie · Original Music Composer
La traviata
Movie · Original Music Composer
Aida - San Francisco Opera
Movie · Original Music Composer
Aida
Movie · Original Music Composer
Verdi: Rigoletto
Movie · Original Music Composer
Nabucco
Movie · Music
La Traviata - The Met
Movie · Original Music Composer
Don Carlo
Movie · Original Music Composer
Un Ballo in Maschera
Movie · Original Music Composer
Falstaff
Movie · Music
Macbeth
Movie · Music
Il Trovatore - Verdi
Movie · Original Music Composer
Verdi: Simon Boccanegra
Movie · Original Music Composer
Rigoletto
Movie · Original Music Composer
Nabucco
Movie · Original Music Composer
La Traviata
Movie · Music
Verdi Un Ballo in Maschera
Movie · Original Music Composer
Falstaff
Movie · Sound
Grisù
TV · Music · 52 eps
Nora Helmer
Movie · Music
Aida (1973 Tokyo)
Movie · Original Music Composer
La Traviata
Movie · Original Music Composer
Otello
Movie · Music
The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant
Movie · Music
Who's Afraid of Opera?
TV · Music · 2 eps
La traviata
Movie · Music
Maria Callas: At Covent Garden, 1962 and 1964
Movie · Music
Otello
Movie · Original Music Composer
Maria Callas: Toujours (Paris 1958)
Movie · Original Music Composer
Il Trovatore
Movie · Original Music Composer
Rigoletto
Movie · Music
Giuseppe Verdi
Movie · Original Music Composer
Aida
Movie · Music
La forza del destino
Movie · Original Music Composer
Il trovatore
Movie · Music
Toscanini: The Television Concerts, Vol. 5: Verdi: Aida
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Lost One
Movie · Original Music Composer
Honeysuckle
Movie · Original Music Composer
Die Weltoper Nr. 1
Movie · Music