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DON CARLO by Verdi – the opera guide and synopsis

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Online opera guide and synopsis to Giuseppe Verdi’s DON CARLO

Don Carlos is an opera for great voices. Each of the six main characters receives a convincing dramatic foundation and development, and each singer has great musical highlights. Schiller wrote a brilliant literary model with his novel “Don Karlos” . It is a play about freedom and human dignity of the age of enlightement, which ignited the spark of inspiration in Verdi. No other work by Verdi has such a far-reaching plot and the power of five acts.

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LA FORZA DEL DESTINO by Giuseppe Verdi – the opera guide and synopsis

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Online opera guide and synopsis to Verdi’s LA FORZA DEL DESTINO

La forza del destino is one of three Spanish operas (Don Carlo, Forza del destino, Il Trovatore) by Verdi, all of which enter the heroic-historical world of the grand opéra. It can justifiably be counted among the great works of Verdi. The many magnificent duets between Alvaro and Caro, the religious scenes of Leonora and the colourful supporting roles of Preziosilla, Guardiano and Fra Melitone characterise this opera. Verdi’s musical themes are grandiose and he uses them as leitmotifs throughout the opera for the first time.

 

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SIMON BOCCANEGRA by Giuseppe Verdi – the opera guide and synopsis

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Online opera guide and synopsis to Verdi’s SIMON BOCCANEGRA

With the leading role of Simon Boccanegra, Verdi has written a grandiose role portrait. The somewhat convoluted plot offered the composer room for great scenes. Like Macbeth, Simon Boccanegra is undoubtedly a masterpiece, but nevertheless remains an opera for the connoisseur.

 

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MACBETH by Giuseppe Verdi – the opera guide and synopsis

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Online opera guide and synopsis to Verdi’s MACBETH

If the success of an opera were determined by its greatness, Macbeth would be at the forefront of the opera-goers’ favour. Perhaps it is the lack of a love story (Italians call Verdi’s Macbeth “l’opera senza amore”) that stands in the way of the popularity of this work. It cannot be the music. The work has no weak minute and captivates the listener from the beginning to the end. It is musically and artistically on a par with Verdi’s two other Shakespeare works, Otello and Falstaff.

 

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DON CARLO by Verdi – the opera guide and synopsis

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Online opera guide & synopsis to Giuseppe Verdi’s DON CARLO

Don Carlos is an opera for great voices. Each of the six main characters receives a convincing dramatic foundation and development, and each singer has great musical highlights. Schiller wrote a brilliant literary model with his novel “Don Karlos” . It is a play about freedom and human dignity of the age of enlightement, which ignited the spark of inspiration in Verdi. No other work by Verdi has such a far-reaching plot and the power of five acts.

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OTELLO by Giuseppe Verdi – the opera guide and synopsis

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Online opera guide and synopsis to Giuseppe Verdi’s OTELLO

This opera by Giuseppe Verdi is considered a congenial work on Shakespeare’s contribution to world literature. For many tenors, the role of Otello is the crowning achievement of their career.
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UN BALLO IN MASCHERA by Giuseppe Verdi – the opera guide & synopsis

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The online opera guide to UN BALLO IN MASCHERA

After the music-dramatic operas “Macbeth” and “Simon Boccanegra”, Verdi returned to the Belcantist number opera with “Un ballo in maschera”. With this work Verdi offers the listener five brilliant parts and magnificent scenes. Already the premiere was one of Verdi’s most brilliant successes of his career, and the work began its triumphal march around the world.
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RIGOLETTO by Giuseppe Verdi – the opera guide

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The online opera guide to RIGOLETTO

The opera is regarded as Verdi’s first masterpiece and established his worldwide fame. The third act is one of the highlights of all opera literature.

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IL TROVATORE by Giuseppe Verdi – the opera guide & synopsis

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The online opera guide & synopsis to IL TROVATORE

 It was Caruso who said, that Il Trovatore is very easy to cast, namely «with the four best voices in the world». Experience the infinite abundance of great musical themes Verdi has composed into this opera.

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NABUCCO by Giuseppe Verdi – the opera guide & synopsis

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The online opera guide and synopsis on NABUCCO

Nabucco was Verdi’s first work for Olympus. After the bitter years of 1838-40, overshadowed by crises, it was Verdi’s return to the light. Verdi displayed a gigantic wealth of ideas in “Nabucco” and the work became a sensational success. He later called the seventeen-year creative frenzy that set in “his galley years”. Read more

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