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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.

25. August 2021/0 Comments/by Operadmin

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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.

10. May 2020/2 Comments/by Operadmin

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PACE, PACE, MIO DIO – an aria from La forza del destino

The portrait of Giuseppe Verdi’s aria PACE, PACE, MIO DIO

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9. May 2020/0 Comments/by Operadmin

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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.

22. April 2020/0 Comments/by Operadmin

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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.

29. February 2020/1 Comment/by Operadmin

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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.

5. January 2020/0 Comments/by Operadmin

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O DON FATALE – an aria from the opera Don Carlo

The Portrait of Verdi’s aria O DON FATALE

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4. January 2020/1 Comment/by Operadmin

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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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21. October 2019/0 Comments/by Operadmin