Giuseppe Verdi
Known for: Sound
Born: October 10, 1813
Died: January 27, 1901
Place of birth: Busseto, Parma, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
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
338 movies · 5 TV shows, newest first
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The Metropolitan Opera 2026/27: Otello
2027
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The Metropolitan Opera 2026/27: Macbeth
2026
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La Traviata 2026
2026
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Simon Boccanegra – Dutch National Opera and Ballet
2026
5.9
53 Sundays
2026
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Concerto di Capodanno La Fenice 2026
2026
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Macbeth (Teatro Regio di Torino, 2026)
2026
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Attila
2025
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Chelsea Zurflüh & Jonathan Tetelman @ Château de Neuschwanstein 2025
2025
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Un giorno di regno
2025
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La Traviata
2025
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Giovanna d'Arco - Teatro Regio di Parma
2025
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Otello- Israeli Opera
2025
8.0
The Metropolitan Opera: Aida
2025
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Concerto per Agrigento - Capitale italiana della Cultura 2025
2025
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Asmik Grigorian in Kaunas St. Peter and St. Paul Cathedral
2025
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Vienna Opera Gala With Elina Garança, Sonya Yoncheva, Benjamin Bernheim and Jonas Kaufmann
2025
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Giuseppe Verdi: La Traviata @ Grand Théâtre de Genève
2025
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Golda Schultz, Rolando Villazón, and Ludovic Tézier @ Neuschwanstein Castle 2025
2025
8.0
The Three Tenors - Birth of a Legend
2024
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Rigoletto
2024
6.0
Giuseppe Verdi - La Forza del Destino
2024
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La Forza Del Destino - Gran Teatre del Liceu
2024
9.0
Macbeth: Washington National Opera
2024
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La Traviata - Nationaltheater Mannheim
2024
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Don Carlo
2024
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Hannover Klassik Open Air 2024
2024
1.0
The Metropolitan Opera: La Forza del Destino
2024
7.0
The Metropolitan Opera: Nabucco
2024
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Asmik Grigorian @ Salzburg Festival 2024
2024
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Don Carlo
2023
6.0
Giuseppe Verdi: Macbeth - Salzburger Festspiele 2023
2023
7.7
About Dry Grasses
2023
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Nabucco - Grand Théâtre de Genève
2023
4.0
The Metropolitan Opera: Falstaff
2023
8.3
Maledictis
2023
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Mantoue en musiques Avec Lea Desandre
2023
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Verdi Gala
2023
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Concerto per il 2 agosto 2023
2023
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New Year's Eve Concert 2022 With the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
2022
7.0
Nostalghia - Sui luoghi di Tarkovskij 40 anni dopo
2022
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Don Carlo
2022
7.0
The Metropolitan Opera: La Traviata
2022
8.0
The Metropolitan Opera: Don Carlos
2022
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Concert in solidarity with Ukraine - Deutsches Symphonie Orchester Berlin
2022NR
Verdi: La forza del destino
2022
7.0
The Metropolitan Opera: Rigoletto
2022
7.0
New Year's Concert 2022 from the Teatro La Fenice
2022
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100 anni di Musica - Renata Tebaldi
2022
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Muti conducts Verdi’s Requiem
2022
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Falstaff
2021
6.0
La Traviata - Wiener Staatsoper
2021
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Macbeth
2021
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Rigoletto
2021
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Verdi's Requiem: The Met Remembers 9/11
2021
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La Traviata
2021
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Il Trovatore
2021
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La Traviata
2021
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L'Opera in Ambasciata a Roma e Parigi
2021
5.8
In My Room
2020
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Fragments Part I – “Traviata” – Act III: Preludio, scena e aria
2020
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The Red Scarf
2020![Don Carlos [Opéra Royal de Wallonie-Liège]](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Fw342%2FlFJB0Nagq547isTSiqojLS2uOwR.jpg&w=3840&q=75)
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Don Carlos [Opéra Royal de Wallonie-Liège]
2020
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Arena di Verona: Il Trovatore
2020NR
Anna Netrebko und Rolando Villazón singen "La Traviata"
2020NR
Stiffelio
2020
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Falstaff (Hamburg State Opera)
2020
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Aida: Grand Théâtre de Genève
2019
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Verdi: Simon Boccanegra
2019
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Verdi: Nabucco
2019
9.0
Verdi: Messa da Requiem
2019
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Verdi: Falstaff - Teatro Real
2019
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Royal Opera House: La Forza del Destino
2019
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Verdi: Simon Boccanegra
2019
6.0
Royal Opera House: La Traviata
2019
NR
Verdi: Macbeth
2019
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I Vespri Siciliani
2019
NR
Concerto di Pasqua dal Duomo di Orvieto 2019
2019
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The 350th Anniversary Inaugural Gala
2018
7.8
La Traviata
2018
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Verdi: Simon Boccanegra
2018
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Opéra National de Paris: Verdi's La Traviata
2018
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Attila
2018
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Verdi: Otello
2018
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Verdi: Don Carlo
2018
9.0
The Metropolitan Opera: Aida
2018
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Teatro alla Scala: Joan of Arc
2018
8.0
Royal Opera House: Macbeth
2018
10.0
The Metropolitan Opera: Luisa Miller
2018
8.0
Verdi: Simon Boccanegra
2018
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Macbeth
2018
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Rigoletto (Teatro Massimo di Palermo)
2018
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The ROH Live: Rigoletto
2017
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Rigoletto
2017
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Verdi: Simon Boccanegra
2017
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Opéra National de Paris: Verdi's Don Carlos
2017
8.3
The Opera House
2017
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Il club dei 27
2017
8.0
The Metropolitan Opera: La Traviata
2017
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Verdi: Nabucco
2017
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Otello - Teatro Real Madrid (Palumbo)
2016
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Verdi: La Traviata
2016
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The ROH Live: Nabucco
2016
7.2
Violettina
2016
NR
Don Carlo
2016
7.2
La Traviata
2016
NR
Rigoletto - Opéra National de Paris
2016
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Giuseppe Verdi: I due Foscari
2016
NR
Macbeth
2016
NR
Aida
2015
7.0
Verdi: Otello
2015
8.0
Il Trovatore - Metropolitan Opera
2015
NR
Luisa Miller - San Francisco Opera
2015
6.0
Verdi Nabucco
2015
NR
Verdi: La traviata
2015
NR
La Traviata
2015NR
Nabucco
2015
7.3
Macbeth
2015NR
Aida
2015
NR
La Traviata
2015
9.0
This is Opera
2015
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Best Of Verdi Opera Choruses
2014
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The Metropolitan Opera - Verdi: Macbeth
2014NR
Il Trovatore
2014
NR
Verdi La Forza del Destino
2014
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Verdi: Otello
2014
8.0
Verdi: Falstaff
2013
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Teatro alla Scala: La Traviata
2013
8.0
Il Trovatore - Staatsoper Berlin
2013
7.0
Aida - Arena di Verona
2013
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Les Vêpres siciliennes
2013
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Verdi: Don Carlo
2013
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Verdi: Don Carlo
2013
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Verdi: Falstaff (Salzburger Festspiele)
2013
9.0
Messiah
20136.0
Verdi: Aida - Arena di Verona 2013
2013
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Verdi Requiem
2013
8.5
The Metropolitan Opera: Rigoletto
2013
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Un ballo in maschera
2013
8.0
The Metropolitan Opera: Aida
2012
10.0
The Metropolitan Opera: Un Ballo in Maschera
2012
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Giuseppe Verdi: La Traviata
2012
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The Metropolitan Opera: Otello
2012
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Verdi: Don Carlo
2012
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Verdi: Alzira
2012
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San Francisco Opera: Verdi's Rigoletto
2012
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Falstaff (Zurich)
2012
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Verdi: Stiffelio
2012
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The Metropolitan Opera: La Traviata
2012
5.0
Verdi: La Traviata
2012
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Rigoletto
2012
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Verdi: I masnadieri
2012
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Verdi: Aida
2012
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Verdi: Ernani
2012
5.0
Verdi: La battaglia di Legnano
2012
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Aida
2012
6.0
I Due Foscari - Verdi
2012
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La traviata
2011
8.0
Verdi: Falstaff
2011
8.0
Messa da Requiem (2011)
2011
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Verdi: Un ballo in maschera
2011
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MacBeth
2011
8.0
The Metropolitan Opera: Il Trovatore
2011NR
Nabucco
2011![Simon Boccanegra [The Metropolitan Opera]](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Fw342%2FwG8lsDbBYqpj7j3rmge1aBIKDEk.jpg&w=3840&q=75)
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Simon Boccanegra [The Metropolitan Opera]
2011
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Giuseppe Verdi : La forza del destino
2011
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The Metropolitan Opera: Don Carlo
2010
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Attila
2010
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Verdi: Attila
2010
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I vespri siciliani
2010
6.0
Verdi: Il Trovatore
2010NR
Rigoletto
2010
NR
Rigoletto a Mantova
2010NR
Verdi Attila
2010
NR
Verdi: Aida (Bregenz Festival)
2010
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Simon Boccanegra - Teatro La Scala Milano
2010
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Verdi: Simon Boccanegra
2010
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Un giorno di regno
2010
6.0
In Concert at The Met
2010
NR
Verdi: Aida
2009
7.0
Verdi: Nabucco
2009
NR
Verdi: I due Foscari
2009
7.0
Royal Opera House: La Traviata
2009
6.0
Falstaff
2009
NR
Verdi: I Lombardi alla prima crociata
2009
NR
Verdi: Il corsaro
2008
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Giovanna d'Arco
2008
10.0
Verdi: Rigoletto (Teatro Regio di Parma)
2008NR
La Traviata im Hauptbahnhof Zürich
2008
NR
Verdi: Otello
2008NR
La Traviata
2008
6.0
Rigoletto - Semperoper Dresden
2008
NR
Don Carlo - ROH
2008
NR
The Metropolitan Opera – Verdi: Macbeth
2008
NR
Verdi: Otello
2008
NR
Verdi: Un Ballo in Maschera
2008
8.7
La traviata in Paris
2007
8.0
Verdi: Luisa Miller
2007
NR
Verdi: Oberto
2007NR
La forza del destino
2007
NR
Nabucco
2007
5.2
Verdi: La Traviata
2007NR
Oberto
2007
6.0
Verdi: Aida
2006
10.0
Rigoletto
2006
9.5
Macbeth
2006
NR
Aida
2006
NR
Bernstein in London: Verdi Requiem
2006
8.0
La Traviata
2006
NR
Otello
2006
10.0
Un Ballo in Maschera
2005
8.2
La traviata
2005
NR
Verdi: Ernani
2005
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Verdi La Traviata
20059.0
Don Carlos
2005
NR
Rigoletto
2004NR
Nabucco
2004
NR
Nabucco
2004
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Macbeth
2004
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Aida
2003NR
Triumphal March and 30 Days of Their Own
2002
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Simon Boccanegra
2002
NR
Falstaff (La Scala)
2002
NR
Verdi: Simon Boccanegra
2002
7.7
Il Trovatore
2002
NR
A Verdi Gala from Berlin
2002
10.0
La Traviata
2002
9.0
Otello
2001
5.0
Rigoletto
20018.0
Verdi, Un Ballo in Maschera - Salvatore Licitra, Maria Guleghina, Riccardo Muti, Teatro alla Scala
2001
9.0
Rigoletto
2001
7.0
The Cupboard
2001
10.0
Nabucco
2001
10.0
Gran Gala di Verdi
2001
7.3
La Traviata
2001
NR
Otello
2001
2.0
Macbeth
2001
7.0
Jérusalem
2000
NR
Un Ballo in Maschera - Gran Teatre del Liceu
20008.0
Falstaff
2000
NR
Verdi: Nabucco
2000
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Classics On A Summer's Evening
1999
5.5
8 ½ Women
1999NR
Po całym ciele
1999
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San Diego OperaTalk! with Nic Reveles
1998
7.0
Verdi: La Forza del Destino
1997NR
Macbeth
1997
NR
La Forza del Destino - The Met
1996
NR
Rigoletto
1996
8.5
Verdi: Don Carlos
1996
4.5
Otello
1995
NR
Rigoletto
1995
8.0
Giuseppe Verdi: Simon Boccanegra
1995NR
Rigoletto
1994
NR
I Lombardi - The Met
1993
NR
Stiffelio - The Met
1993
NR
Verdi Stiffelio
1993
7.3
Pavarotti in Central Park
1993
9.0
La Traviata
1993
7.5
Falstaff
1993
9.0
Don Carlo
1992
10.0
Otello
1992
10.0
Attila
1991
8.0
Un Ballo in Maschera
1991
NR
Giuseppe Verdi - Un Ballo in Maschera
1990
NR
Verdi: Un ballo in maschera
1990
9.0
I vespri Siciliani
1990
6.4
Aida
1989
5.6
12 Directors for 12 Cities
1989
8.0
Rigoletto
1989
6.9
The Prisoner of If Castle
1989NR
Otello
1989
8.0
An Evening with Joan Sutherland and Luciano Pavarotti
1988
7.5
Il Trovatore
19888.0
Camillo Castiglioni oder die Moral der Haifische
1988
7.0
The Two Foscari
1988
8.7
Bains de Minuit
1987
7.5
La Traviata
1987
7.0
Verdi: Macbeth
1987
NR
Rigoletto
1987
NR
Verdi Macbeth Chailly
1987
6.2
Otello
1986
9.5
Nabucco
1986
6.7
Aida
1985
9.0
Don Carlo
1985
4.3
A Strange Love Affair
1985
7.0
Il Trovatore
1985
NR
Verdi: Simon Boccanegra
1985
NR
Aida
1985
8.0
Mathilde
198510.0
Simon Boccanegra
1984
7.2
Tosca's Kiss
1984
9.0
La Forza del Destino - Metropolitan Opera
1984
10.0
Ernani
1983
8.0
Don Carlo
1983
7.1
La traviata
1982
NR
Verdi: Requiem
19828.0
Verdi Ernani
1982
6.9
Verdi: Rigoletto
1982
8.0
Aida - San Francisco Opera
1981
NR
Verdi: Rigoletto
1981
8.0
Nabucco
1981
8.5
Aida
1981
NR
La Traviata - The Met
1981
NR
Don Carlo
1980
9.0
Un Ballo in Maschera
1980
NR
Macbeth
19798.0
Falstaff
1979
NR
Verdi: Simon Boccanegra
1978
6.3
Il Trovatore - Verdi
1978
9.0
Rigoletto
1977NR
Nabucco
1977
8.0
La Traviata
1976NR
Falstaff
1975
NR
Verdi Un Ballo in Maschera
1975
7.2
Grisù
1975
7.1
Nora Helmer
1974NR
Aida (1973 Tokyo)
1973
8.0
Otello
1973NR
La Traviata
1973
7.4
The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant
1972
NR
Who's Afraid of Opera?
1972
7.0
La traviata
1967
8.5
Maria Callas: At Covent Garden, 1962 and 1964
1962
NR
Verdi Otello
1962
8.3
Maria Callas: Toujours (Paris 1958)
1958
10.0
Otello
1958
NR
Il Trovatore
1957
6.0
Rigoletto
1955
6.8
Giuseppe Verdi
1953
5.4
Aida
1953
6.0
La forza del destino
1950
8.0
Il trovatore
1949
9.0
Toscanini: The Television Concerts, Vol. 5: Verdi: Aida
1949
NR
Toscanini Volume Three The Television Concerts (1948-52)
1948
10.0
The Lost One
1947
7.0
The King's Jester
1941
6.7
Honeysuckle
1938NR
Die Weltoper Nr. 1
1934
NR
Aida
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NR
Concert for Europe 2025
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Luisa Miller - Wiener Staatsoper
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NR
Verdi: Messa da Requiem - Barenboim
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