Jeremy Siepmann: Guiseppe Verdi: Life and Works
Aida:Grand March and Triumphal Chorus
La Traviata : Brindisi ' Libiam ne' lieti calici"
Early manhood, civil strife, and the start of a career
Overture to 'Oberto, Conte di San Bonifacio'
Tragedy, creation, and the birth of a true professional
Overture to 'Un giorno di regno'
Failure, despair, and rescue : the genesis o Nabucco
Nabucco: Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves 'Va, pensiero, sull'ali dorate'
A sensation reported and recalled
Overture to 'Nabucco'
Into the galleys: fame. frustration, and a major surprise
Macbeth : Chorus of the Scottish Exiles 'Patria oppressa!"
The revolution of Macbeth and a return to safer ground
Overture to 'I masnadieri'
Paris and a love affair
The revolutions of 1848
Overture to 'La battaglia di Legnano'
Composition and censorship: the strife-torn birth of Rigoletto
Rigoletto : 'La donna e mobile'
Verdi the unsurpassed psychologist
Rigoletto: 'Bella figlia dell'amore'
Strepponi, Busseto, and the rift with Barezzi
Escape : Verdi and Strepponi at Sant' Agata
Il Trovatore : Soldiers' Chorus 'Or co'dadi, ma fra poco'
'The Bear of Busseto' emerges : the darker side of Verdi
Il Trovatore : 'Di tale amor che dirsi'
Verdi's divorce' from his parents;his mother's death, and a theatrical fiasco
La Traviata: 'Dite alla giovine'
Verdi and Women: Strepponi and the 'Dark Lady'
'La Travailata': Verdi's trials at the Paris Opera
I vespri siciliani : ' Quando al mio sen per te parlava'
Verdi in rehearsal - and a review from Berlioz
Overture to 'I vespri siciliani'
Yet more trouble with the censors
Un ballo in maschera: 'Ma se m'e forza perderti'
A passionate patriot, a reluctant politician
A semi-official retirement, nursed by disenchantment
Verdi welcomes war
He travels to Paris for Don Carols
Don Carols: 'Tu che la vanita'
Stupendous triumph
Verdi shaken by deaths of his father, Barezzi, and Rossini
He meets Manzoni
An unusual opera
La forza del destino:'Solenne in quest'ora'
Enter Teresa Stolz, exit Mariani
La forza del destino: 'Pace, pace'
Strepponi struggles with jealousy as Verdi writes Aida
Aida: Act III, Nile Scene
Verdi bemoans the corruption of the operatic world
Manzoni's death begets a masterpiece
Requiem: 'Rex tremendae'
The return to Shakespeare
Otello: 'Canzone del salce - Ave Maria'
Verdi the Wagner of Italy
Otello: 'Desdemona rea, si, per ciel'
A Shakespearian swansong
Falstaff : Finale 'Ogni sorta di gente; Facciamo il parentado'
Old age and the death of Strepponi
Verdi the widower
Stolz and the aged Verdi; a visit from Toscanini
Te Deum
The old man dies and the world pays homage
Requiem, Part VII: Dies irae; Requiem aeternam; Libera me
