La Forza del Destino: Libretto

by Giuseppe Verdi (Composer)

(Opera). Italian/English.

Genres: Music

60 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1951

About the author

Fullest artistic form of operas of Giuseppe Verdi, Italian composer, included La Traviata in 1853, Aïda in 1871, and Otello in 1887; people credit him with raising the genre.

Giuseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi, mainly a Romantic, most influenced the 19th century. Houses frequently perform his works throughout the world, and some themes transcended the boundaries of the genre and long took root in popular culture:
* "La donna è mobile" from Rigoletto
* "Va, pensiero" (The Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves) from Nabucco , and
* "Libiamo ne' lieti calici" (The Drinking Song).

Masterworks of Giuseppe Verdi used a generally diatonic rather than a chromatic musical idiom, and people sometimes criticized tendency toward melodrama, which dominates the standard repertoire a century and a half.

Reviews

[Javier Fernandez · Rating 4 out of 5]

I'm half way through my opera marathon of six operas in six nights (two in Sarasota, four at the Met in New York). The scoreboard so far reads: Deadly Stabbings 5, Operas 3. With Romeo & Juliette and Madama Butterfly still remaining, I'm betting the farm on Deadly Stabbings.