| Giuseppe Verdi |
| Musical style
The music of Verdi served the audience of the mass public rather than that of the musical elite. Opera as his medium is appropriate as opera was not the interest of that elite crowd. The subjects of his works, Verdi said, should be "original, interesting...and passionate; passions above them all!" (Kamien 243) His most mature works, except for Falstaff, are serious and end tragically. These fast-paced works deal with emotional extremes and the music emphasizes the dramatic situation. It is the expression of the melodies given to the singers that represents the key expressive spirit of Verdi's work. He uses duets, trios and quartets along with significant and memorable passages for chorus. As he aged, his works became increasingly unconventional. The division between aria and recitative passages blurred and overall there was a greater continuity in the music. The orchestration became more imaginative, and accompaniments were richer. His final work, the comic Falstaff, presents this with its care-free finale: a fugue declaring "All the world's a joke!" List of major works Sei romanze (Six Romances), 1838 Oberto, 1839 Un giorno di regno, 1840 Nabucco, 1842 I Lombardi, 1843 Ernani, 1844 I due foscari, 1844 Macbeth, 1847 I masnadieri, 1847 Luisa Miller, 1849 Rigoletto, 1851 Il trovatore, 1853 La traviata, 1853 Les V�pres siciliennes, 1855 Aroldo, 1857 Simon Boccanegra, 1857 Un Ballo in Maschera, 1859 La Forza del Destino, 1862 Don Carlo/ Don Carlos 1867 Aida, 1871 Requiem Mass, 1874 Otello, 1887 Falstaff, 1893 (Source) |
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| 1813-1901 |
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