19 In the 1920s, Verdi reformed opera again, creating operas such as Ayida, Falstaff and Othello, which strengthened the close relationship between the development of music and drama, consciously changed the traditional writing style of completely separating recitation from aria, and highlighted and enhanced the role of duets, choruses and bands in shaping images. He did not completely follow Wagner's trend of "endless melody" and "uninterrupted structure", so his music has been enduring and fascinating on the opera stage all over the world, and still maintains its immortal artistic charm.
Camille
Verdi: La Traviata (full song)
Cotereau Bass and Domingo sang.
Carlos kleiber conducts the Bavarian National Opera Symphony Orchestra.
Introduction: The three-act opera La Traviata was written in 1853. Piaf wrote a play based on Dumas' play La Traviata. Its plot describes that Wei auletta, a famous prostitute in Paris, was moved by the love of young Armand and was willing to leave the social life in Paris, live in the country with Armand and live a pure life by selling jewelry. However, armand's father resolutely opposed the combination of his son and micro-auletta. At his request, Wei auletta decided to sacrifice his happiness for Armand's family reputation and return to Paris. Armand mistakenly thought that O 'auletta had changed his mind. After gambling in Paris, she threw her winnings at EU auletta and insulted her in public. EU auletta's spirit was hit, and she was easily ill, but she kept her promise and didn't tell armand the truth. Armand's father was finally moved by Wei auletta and explained the truth to armand. Armand rushed to Violetta's side, she was dying, and finally quietly stopped breathing in Armand's arms. This is one of the famous records conducted by Klebel, during which the strong emotional expression, refreshing singing and performance are intoxicating. This CD was rated as the best business card by Japanese recording art ... In addition, Japanese recording art also rated Caras singing Wei auletta and Gian conducting San Carlos Milano Scala Opera Orchestra as the best business card.
Ayida.
Ayida of Verdi (complete)
Franey, Balcha, carreras and others sang.
Karajan conducts the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra.
Introduction: The four-act opera Ayida was written in 1870. The script was written by Gislan Zoni. According to the plot provided by August Mariel Bey, a French and Egyptian scientist. The plot describes the Ethiopian princess Ayida and her father Monas Rowe captured by the Egyptian army. Egyptian youth commander radames worships Ayida. O Monas ROM instructions Ayida to spy on military intelligence. Radames let the cat out of the bag intentionally or unintentionally. The Egyptian princess Agnes denounced the leak because she was snubbed by radames, so radames was convicted of treason and buried alive, and Ayida went down to the dungeon, mutually assured destruction with radames. Karajan's interpretation of this opera is precise in rhythm, clear in lines, dramatic and powerful in momentum. It was rated as a three-star business card with flowers by Penguin Record Guide and the best business card by Japanese recording art.
Joker
Verdi's jester (completed)
Cottereau Bass, Domingo and Capzilli sing.
Giulini conducts the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra.
Introduction: The Clown in three acts was composed in 1856- 1857. Piavi's play is based on the French writer Hugo's play The King's Pleasure. The plot is:/kloc-in the 6th century, a young duke in mantua was addicted to womanhood, and his favorite hunchback clown (that is, jester) Rigoletto suggested him to seduce ministers' wives and daughters. Ministers therefore hated the jester, so they took revenge on him. The jester has a daughter, Gilda. Ministers thought she was Rigoletto's mistress and tried to kidnap her to the palace and give her to the Duke. When Rigoletto found out that the Duke had taken his daughter, he was so angry that he hired an assassin to assassinate the Duke. Unexpectedly, the duke and the assassin's sister Madeleine had feelings, and Gilda was in great pain. Madeleine begged her brother not to kill the duke, and he promised to replace him with the first person who knocked at the door at night. Gilda heard the conversation between the assassin's brother and sister, and decided to save the duke's life by dying. She disguised herself as a man, knocked at the door at night, was killed by an assassin, put it in a bag, and gave it to a jester for a reward. The jester thought the duke was dead, opened the bag and found that the deceased was his own daughter. He was heartbroken. Giulini's interpretation of this album is rigorous, gorgeous and full of drama, and several singers' singing skills are also quite good, which was rated as the best business card by Japanese recording art. In addition, Japanese recording art also rated Caras singing and the recorded version of Milan Scala Opera conducted by Tulio Serafin as the best business card.
Don Carlos
Don Carlos of Verdi (Complete Works)
Domingo and others sang.
Abbado conducted the orchestra and choir of Scala Opera House in Milan.
Introduction: The five-act opera Don Carlos was written in 1866. The original script is in French, which was created by Merry and Di Rohkohl according to the script of the same name by German writer Schiller and premiered in Paris on 1867. 1882- 1883, Verdi revised it, deleting the first scene ("Fontainebleau" scene) and making it a four-act revised version. The plot is: Don Carlos, the son of Spanish King Philip II, falls in love with Princess Elizabeth of the French Principality of valois. However, due to the political marriage between countries, Elizabeth was forced to marry Philip II. To heal his wounds, Don Carlos went to the monastery where his grandfather Carlos V spent his last days, where he met his friend Rodrigo. Don Carlos asked to go to Flanders to forget his troubles. The love between Don Carlos and Elizabeth was discovered by Princess April. The princess tried to report it, but Rodrigo stopped her. Philip II was furious when he found the portrait of Don Carlos in Elizabeth's jewelry box, but he forgave Don Carlos for the protection of Rodrigo and Princess April. But in the end, Don Carlos said goodbye to Elizabeth, who had just been discovered by Philip II. He was jealous and tied Don Carlos up. At the end of the play, the monk dressed as Don Carlos V walked out of Don Carlos V's cemetery, and he led the unconscious Don Carlos into the depths of the monastery. This album (3 pieces) conducted by abbado was rated as the "Best Opera Collection". Carreras, Franey and so on. Sang and karajan conduct the German Opera Choir in Berlin, and Berlin Philharmonic's version is available for candidates to choose from.
Masquerade
Verdi's Masquerade (Full Edition)
Domingo and Arroyo sang.
Muti conducts the British New Philharmonic Orchestra.
Introduction: The three-act opera masked ball was written in 1857- 1858. Adapted by SOMA according to the script written by the scribe for Ober's Gustav III (or masked ball). The content is taken from the real assassination of Gustav III in Sweden at the end of 18. Plot: A group of rebels in the state capital of Boston try to assassinate Ricardo, the governor of Massachusetts. Ricardo is madly in love with Amelia, the wife of his secretary Lei Natuo. One night, Ricardo and Amelia were dating in the suburbs. Suddenly, Lei Natuo came to the police station and said that the assassin was coming. Amelia covered her face with a veil, and Ricardo fled quickly. The assassin came and found Ricardo running away, tearing off Amelia's veil angrily. When Lei Natuo found out it was his wife, he was furious and joined the assassination, vowing revenge. One day, riccardo held a masquerade party, at which Lei Natuo stabbed riccardo in disguise. Before he died, Ricardo explained to everyone that Amelia was innocent. In this version of Muti, the lineup of several leading characters is not strong, but Muti's conductor is full of passion and dramatic effect, and he was rated as the best business card by the Japanese recording arts. In addition, the recorded version of the orchestra and choir of Scala Opera conducted by abbado is also very good, which is worth recommending (sung by Domingo, Obrazova, etc.). Aubert (,Conte San bonifacio) (1839).
Ungiorno di regno ( 1840)
Nabucco (1842)
Lombardy in the First Cross Army (Lombardy I) (1843, revised as Jerusalem).
Ona (1844)
Two Foscaro (1844) and Joan of Arc (Opera) (Giovanna darko) (1845).
Azra (1845)
Atila (1846)
Macbeth (1847)
I. Masnadi Lane (1847)
Il Cossaro (1848)
La Battaglia Di Leg Nano (1849)
Louisa Miller (1849)
Styffe Leo (1850, changed to Aroldo).
Joker (185 1)
Il trovatore ( 1853)
La Traviata (1853)
Sicilian people (1855)
Simon Pocanella (1857)
United Nations balloon in Maschera) (1859)
Destiny Square (1862)
National praise (1862, chorus)
Don Carlos (1867)
Aida (187 1)
String Quartet in Minor (1873)
Requiem (1874, chorus)
Otero (1887)
Ode to Our Lady (1889, chorus)
Falstaff (1893)
Mourning the Virgin Mary (1898, chorus)
Thanksgiving Zan (1898, chorus)
Praise the patriotic heroism of the virgin Mary (1898, chorus)
Patriotism and heroism are not only reflected in Verdi's early opera creation, but also run through his mature opera creation. Opera evening prayers in Sicily (1855) and Don Carlos (1867) are the continuation of this route. Verdi's patriotic hero opera has produced great social effects, and Verdi's name is even considered as a symbol of revival. When 1858' s opera Masquerade was banned by Naples censors, local citizens shouted "Long live Verdi" and demonstrated in front of his hotel, writing on the wall with chalk: "Long live Verdi" (the slogan "Verdi" is a pun, and its five girls happened to be the abbreviation of Italian King vittorio Emanuel. Verdi's early patriotic hero operas are not mature in art, and the characterization of the characters is not clear enough, and the musical image of the protagonist is typed rather than typified to some extent. Compared with the characters in heroic operas written by Italian opera composers G Rossini and V Bei Lini, there are still some imitations, with less distinctive features, and orchestral music is only subordinate to human voice, which has not played a positive role. Since 1950s, Verdi's opera creation has entered a mature stage.
Heroic opera with historical theme
Take Jester (jester, 185 1), bard (1853), La Traviata (1853) and Aida (18765438). From typed images to personalized and typical images, characterization is closely linked with plot development, and dynamic music constantly promotes the development of drama, so the layout and structure of music have also changed significantly, gradually breaking the limitation of "music division" and becoming flexible, organic and in one go. Orchestral music has also changed its subordinate position and played an active leading role. In the mature period of Verdi's opera, there are obvious changes in theme and genre. What appears on the stage is not mythical figures or emperors and princes in history, but ordinary people in real life; It is no longer a tragic and magnificent heroic opera, but a lyric opera and social tragedy that describes secular human feelings affectionately and delicately. These operas expose the ugly faces of autocratic and cruel feudal rulers, cunning and selfish bourgeois hypocrites and treacherous and insidious conspirators, and show deep sympathy for the injured and oppressed people. They reflected the democratic aspirations of the Italian people at that time and aroused people's hatred of decadent and cruel forces. AIDA, written in the early 1970s, has made great progress in the dramatic development of music compared with the operas in the 1950s and 1960s.
Awm Aw omnipotent
Aida combines the characteristics of grand opera and lyric opera in one furnace. There are not only grand scenes in the play, but also profound character descriptions and psychological descriptions. More importantly, this work further overcomes the shortcoming that the development of the plot is stagnant and unchanging because of a series of independent sketches, and gives full play to the role of "field". Music develops flexibly and continuously according to the requirements of drama. A series of romances and duets describing characters' personalities and their psychological and emotional states are no longer isolated songs, but organic and constantly developing "fields", in which rich melodies and strong drama are combined. Another important feature of AIDA is the systematic use of "explicit motivation", which enhances the dramatic performance of music and promotes the development of musical image. In the opera The Clown two years ago, Verdi applied the principle of explicit motivation. Curse motive is the only dominant motive of the play, which indicates the inevitable retribution. It is a short musical thought with the characteristics of rhythm and harmony.
A series of leading motives in Aida are themes with complete structure and strong melody, which runs from the first 1 act to the fourth act. They are not only simple symbols representing specific characters and their psychological state, but also have distinct images, which play an important role in portraying characters and promoting the development of the whole drama. In his later opera Othello (1887), Verdi integrated recitation and aria into a monologue with both singing melody and language expression. The "field" writing for the development of drama is also thoroughly done in the four acts of this opera. The music of each 1 act is continuously developed, and there is no independent music division at all. Falstaff, his last work, has the same characteristics, but the only difference is that it uses comic musical language as a means of expression. The music of Othello and Falstaff looks a bit like Wagner's Endless Melody on the surface, but if we analyze it carefully, as Verdi himself said, "I have nothing in common with Wagner. On the contrary, if you listen attentively and try to understand the content of the music, you will find that I am completely opposite to him in some places "(letters to C. Sander Ke on April 1872 and 17).
Othello (one of Shakespeare's four tragedies)
1887, the opera Othello premiered in Milan, which is not only regarded as the highest achievement of the composer, but also the highest achievement of Italian opera. Falstaff is his last opera. Until modern times, this comedy masterpiece is still being interpreted and loved by people. 1859, Verdi married soprano Giuseppe Pi Na Streboni, and they lived together for 10 years. 1897 The death of Streboni marked the end of Verdi's composing career. Since then, only four religious songs have been written. 190165438+1On October 27th, Verdi died in Santa Cata, Milan. Hundreds of thousands of people flocked to the streets to bid farewell to his body, and the grand mourning scene surpassed the state funeral of the emperor.