List of compositions by Giuseppe Verdi


The following is a list of published compositions by the composer Giuseppe Verdi.
The list includes original creations as well as reworkings of the operas or subsequent versions of completed operas.

List of operas and revisions

Revision of earlier opera, including translations with material musical changes.
#TitleLibrettoActsLanguagePremiereRemarks
1Oberto, conte di San Bonifacio

Temistocle Solera		2ItalianLa Scala, Milan
17 Nov 1839		Lightly revised three times after the première
2Un giorno di regnoFelice Romani2ItalianLa Scala, Milan
5 Sep 1840		Later revision known as Il finto Stanislao
3NabucodonosorTemistocle Solera4ItalianLa Scala, Milan
9 Mar 1842		Later known as Nabucco
4I Lombardi [alla prima crociata]Temistocle Solera4ItalianLa Scala, Milan
11 Feb 1843		Later revised in French as Jérusalem
5Ernani4ItalianLa Fenice, Venice
9 Mar 1844		Based on work by Victor Hugo
6I due FoscariFrancesco Maria Piave3ItalianTeatro Argentina, Rome
3 Nov 1844		Based on work by Lord Byron
7Giovanna d'ArcoTemistocle Solera3ItalianLa Scala, Milan
15 Feb 1845		Based on work by Friedrich Schiller
8AlziraSalvatore Cammarano2ItalianSan Carlo, Naples
12 Aug 1845
9AttilaTemistocle Solera
Francesco Maria Piave		3ItalianLa Fenice, Venice
17 Mar 1846		Acts 1 and 2 written, and Act 3 sketched, by Solera
Act 3 completed by Piave.
10MacbethFrancesco Maria Piave4ItalianLa Pergola, Florence
14 Mar 1847		Based on work by William Shakespeare
11I masnadieriAndrea Maffei4ItalianHer Majesty's Theatre, London
22 Jul 1847		Based on work by Friedrich Schiller
4aJérusalemTemistocle Solera
Alphonse Royer
Gustave Vaëz		4FrenchSalle Le Peletier, Paris
26 Nov 1847		Revision and translation of I Lombardi alla prima crociata
12Il corsaroFrancesco Maria Piave3ItalianTeatro Grande, Trieste
25 Oct 1848		Based on work by Lord Byron
13La battaglia di LegnanoSalvatore Cammarano4ItalianTeatro Argentina, Rome
27 Jan 1849
14Luisa MillerSalvatore Cammarano3ItalianSan Carlo, Naples
8 Dec 1849		Based on work by Friedrich Schiller
15StiffelioFrancesco Maria Piave3ItalianTeatro Grande, Trieste
16 Nov 1850		Later revised as Aroldo
16RigolettoFrancesco Maria Piave3ItalianLa Fenice, Venice
11 Mar 1851		Based on work by Victor Hugo
17Il trovatoreSalvatore Cammarano
Leone Emanuele Bardare		4ItalianTeatro Apollo, Rome
19 Jan 1853		Cammarano died before completion; his libretto was restructured by Bardare
18La traviataFrancesco Maria Piave3ItalianLa Fenice, Venice
6 Mar 1853		Based on work by Alexandre Dumas fils
19Les vêpres siciliennesCharles Duveyrier
Eugène Scribe		5FrenchSalle Le Peletier, Paris
13 June 1855
19aGiovanna de GuzmanCharles Duveyrier
Eugène Scribe
Ettore Caimi		5ItalianTeatro Regio, Parma
26 Dec 1855		Revision and translation of Les vêpres siciliennes
Also known as Batilda di Turenne in an 1858 Naples production
After 1861 most commonly known as I vespri siciliani
17aLe trouvèreSalvatore Cammarano
Leone Emanuele Bardare		4FrenchLa Monnaie, Brussels
20 May 1856		Revision and translation of Il trovatore, with added ballet
20Simon BoccanegraFrancesco Maria Piave3ItalianLa Fenice, Venice
12 Mar 1857
15aAroldoFrancesco Maria Piave4Italian, Rimini
16 Aug 1857		Revision of Stiffelio set in Anglo-Saxon Britain
Act 3 expanded
21Un ballo in mascheraAntonio Somma3ItalianTeatro Apollo, Rome
17 Feb 1859		Revision of the unperformed Gustavo III
22La forza del destinoFrancesco Maria Piave4ItalianBolshoi, Saint Petersburg
10 Nov 1862
10aMacbethFrancesco Maria Piave4ItalianThéâtre Lyrique, Paris
21 Apr 1865		Revised version with cuts including Macbeth's final aria
23Don CarlosJoseph Méry
Camille du Locle		5FrenchSalle Le Peletier, Paris
11 Mar 1867		Based on work by Friedrich Schiller
23aDon CarloJoseph Méry
Camille du Locle
5ItalianRoyal Italian Opera House, London
4 Jun 1867		Translation of Don Carlos, first performed with unauthorised amendments and cuts
Italian première of this version took place on 4 Jun 1867 at the Teatro Comunale, Bologna.
22aLa forza del destinoFrancesco Maria Piave
Antonio Ghislanzoni		4ItalianLa Scala, Milan
27 Feb 1869		Revised version, with text added by Ghislanzoni
24AidaAntonio Ghislanzoni4ItalianKhedivia, Cairo
24 Dec 1871
23bDon CarloJoseph Méry
Camille du Locle
Achille de Lauzières
Antonio Ghislanzoni		5ItalianSan Carlo, Naples
Nov / Dec 1872		Revised version, with text added by Ghislanzoni
20aSimon BoccanegraFrancesco Maria Piave
Arrigo Boito		3ItalianLa Scala, Milan
24 Mar 1881		Revised version, with text changed and added by Boito
Act 1 Council Chamber finale added in this version
23cDon CarloJoseph Méry
Camille du Locle
Charles-Louis-Étienne Nuitter
Achille de Lauzières
4ItalianLa Scala, Milan
10 Jan 1884		Second revised version, omitting Act 1 and the ballet
Initial revisions in French by du Locle and Nuittier
First performed in an Italian translation by Zanardini
23dDon CarloJoseph Méry
Camille du Locle
Charles-Louis-Étienne Nuitter
Achille de Lauzières
Angelo Zanardini		5ItalianTeatro Municipale, Modena
29 Dec 1886		Third revised version, restoring Act 1
25OtelloArrigo Boito4ItalianLa Scala, Milan
5 Feb 1887		Based on work by William Shakespeare
26FalstaffArrigo Boito3ItalianLa Scala, Milan
9 Feb 1893		Based on work by William Shakespeare

Incomplete projects

  • Re Lear, 1856. Librettist Antonio Somma worked with Verdi on completing a libretto for an opera based on Shakespeare's King Lear. This libretto was based on an incomplete one written by librettist Salvatore Cammarano before he died in 1852. It was never set to music.

Songs

Sei Romanze
  1. Non t'accostar all'urna
  2. More, Elisa, lo stanco poeta
  3. In solitaria stanza
  4. Nell'orror di notte oscura
  5. Perduta ho la pace
  6. Deh, pietoso, o addolorata L'esule La seduzione Guarda che bianca luna: notturno for soprano, tenor, bass and flute obbligatoAlbum di Sei Romanze
  7. Il tramonto
  8. La zingara
  9. Ad una stella
  10. Lo Spazzacamino
  11. Il Mistero
  12. Brindisi Il poveretto L'Abandonée Stornello
  • ''Pietà Signor''

Sacred works

Libera me for Messa per Rossini. Mass in memory of Gioachino Rossini. Verdi wrote the "Libera me", with contributions from twelve other composers.Pater Noster : for 5-part chorusMessa da Requiem : mass in memory of Alessandro Manzoni, for four solo voices, chorus, and orchestraAve Maria : for soprano and stringsQuattro pezzi sacri :
  1. Ave Maria (1889): for mixed solo voices
  2. Stabat Mater (1897): for mixed chorus and orchestra
  3. Laudi alla Vergine Maria (1888): for female voices
  4. Te Deum (1896): for double chorus and orchestra

Other sacred works

Tantum ergo in G major Tantum ergo in F majorMessa in E-flat majorLaudate pueri in D majorQui tollis in F major

Other vocal works (secular)

Suona la tromba, a patriotic hymnInno delle nazioni, cantata for tenor, chorus and orchestra.

Instrumental, orchestral, chamber works

PianoRomanza senza parole
  • Waltz in F Major Valzer
Orchestral
  • Sinfonia in B-flat major
  • Sinfonia in C majorSinfonia del M. Verdi in D major
  • with Giacomo Mori, Canto di Virginia Con Variazioni per Oboe Composte con accomp.to d'Orchestra quintetto
Chamber