The Works


Oberto, Conte di San Bonifacio
Opera (2 acts)
libretto by Antonio Piazza and Temistocle Solera
Milan, Teatro alla Scala, 17th november 1839

King for a Day
Playful Melodrama (2 acts)
libretto “Il finto Stanislao” by Felice Romani
Milan, Teatro alla Scala, 5th September 1840

Nabucodonosor (Nabucco)
Opera (4 parts)
Libretto by Temistocle Solera
Milan, Teatro alla Scala, 9th March 1842

I Lombardi alla prima crociata
Opera (4 acts)
libretto by Temistocle Solera from the poem I Lombardi alla prima crociata by Tommaso Grossi
Milan, Teatro alla Scala, 11th February 1843

Ernani
Opera (4 acts)
Libretto by Francesco Maria Piave from Victor Hugo’s drama Hernani
Venice, Teatro la Fenice, 9th March 1844

I due Foscari
Tragic Opera (3 acts)
Libretto by Francesco Maria Piave from Lord Byron’s drama The Two Foscari
Rome, Teatro Argentina, 3rd November 1844

Giovanna d’Arco
Opera (1 prologue and 3 acts)
Libretto by Temistocle Solera from the drama Die Jungfrau von Orleans by Friedrich Schiller
Milan, Teatro alla Scala, 15th February 1845

Alzira
Tragic Opera (1 prologue e 2 acts)
Libretto by Salvatore Cammarano from the drama Alzire by Voltaire
Napoli, Teatro San Carlo, 12th August 1845

Attila
Opera (1 prologue and 3 acts)
Libretto by Temistocle Solera from the drama Attila, Konig der Hunnen by Zacharias Werner
Venice, Teatro la Fenice, 17th March 1846

Macbeth
Melodrama (4 acts)
Libretto by Francesco Maria Piave and Andrea Maffei from the tragedy Macbeth by William Shakespeare
Florence, Teatro della Pergola, 14th March 1847

I masnadieri
melodramma (4 parti)
libretto di Andrea Maffei dal dramma Die Rauber di Friedrich Sciller
Londra, Her Majesty’s Theatre, 22 luglio 1847

Jérusalem (rifacimento de I Lombardi alla prima crociata)
dramma lirico (4 atti)
libretto di Alphonse Royer e Gustav Vaez dal libretto I Lombardi alla prima crociata di Temistocle Solera
Parigi, Opéra, 26 novembre 1847

Il corsaro
melodramma tragico (3 atti)
libretto di Francesco Maria Piave dal poema The Corsair di Lord Byron
Trieste, Teatro Grande, 25 ottobre 1848

La battaglia di Legnano
tragedia lirica (4 atti)
libretto di Salvatore Cammarano
Roma, Teatro Argentina, 27 gennaio 1849

Luisa Miller
melodramma tragico (3 atti)
libretto di Salvatore Cammarano dal dramma Kabale und Liebe di Friedrich Sciller
Napoli, Teatro San Carlo, 8 dicembre 1849

Stiffelio
opera lirica (3 atti)
libretto di Francesco Maria Piave da Le Pasteur di Emile Souvestre e Eugène Bourgeois
Trieste, Teatro Grande, 16 novembre 1850

Rigoletto
melodramma (3 atti)
libretto La Maledizione di Francesco Maria Piave dal dramma Le Roi s’amuse di Victor Hugo
Venezia, Teatro la Fenice, 11 marzo 1851

Il trovatore
dramma lirico (4 parti)
libretto di Salvatore Cammarano e Emanuele Bardare dal dramma El Trovador di Antonio Garcia Gutiérrez
Roma, Teatro Apollo, 19 gennaio 1853

La traviata
Melodrama (3 acts)
Libretto by Francesco Maria Piave from the drama La Dame aux Camelias by Alexandre Dumas fils
Venice, Teatro la Fenice, 6th March 1853

Les Vepres siciliennes (The Sicilian Vespers)
Opera (5 acts)
Libretto by Eugène Scribe and Charles Duveyrier
The Paris Opera, 13th June 1855

Le trouvère (reworking of Il trovatore)
Opera (4 parts)
Libretto by Emilien Pacini the libretto of Il trovatore by Salvatore Cammarano and Emanuele Bardare
The Paris Opera, 12th January 1857

Simon Boccanegra
Melodrama (3 acts)
Libretto by Francesco Maria Piave from the drama Simon Boccanegra by Antonio Garcia Gutiérrez
Venice, Teatro la Fenice, 12th March 1857

Aroldo (reworking of Stiffelio)
Opera (4 acts)
Libretto by Francesco Maria Piave from the libretto of Stiffelio by Francesco Maria Piave
Rimini, Teatro Nuovo, 16th August 1857

Un ballo in maschera
Melodrama (3 acts)
Libretto by Antonio Somma from the libretto of Gustave III by Eugène Scribe
Rome, Teatro Apollo, 17th February 1859

La forza del destino
Melodrama (4 acts)
Libretto by Francesco Maria Piave from the drama Don Alvaro or La fuerza del sino by Angel de Saavedra and Duca di Rivas and the drama Wallenstein Lager by Friedrich Sciller
Saint Petersburg, Imperial Theatre, 10th Novembre 1862

Macbeth (reworked)
Melodrama (4 acts)
Libretto by Francesco Maria Piave and Andrea Maffei from the tragedy Macbeth by William Shakespeare
Paris, Théâtre Lyrique, 21st April 1865

Don Carlos
Opera (5 acts)
Libretto by Joseph Méry and Camille Du Locle from the drama Don Carlos by Friedrich Sciller
The Paris Opera, 11th March 1867

La forza del destino (reworked)
Melodrama (1 prologue and 3 acts)
Libretto by Arrigo Boito from the libretto La forza del destino by Francesco Maria Piave
Milan, Teatro alla Scala, 27th febbraio 1869

Aida
Opera (4 acts)
Libretto by Antonio Ghislanzoni from the libretto Aida by Camille Du Locle, after a story by Auguste Mariette
Cairo, Opera House, 24th December 1871

Requiem Mass
Milan, Church of San Marco, 22nd May 1874

Simon Boccanegra (reworked)
Melodrama (1 prologue and 3 acts)
Libretto by Arrigo Boito from the libretto Simon Boccanegra by Francesco Maria Piave
Milan, Teatro alla Scala, 24th March 1881

Don Carlo (reworking of Don Carlos)
Opera (4 acts)
Libretto by Achille de Lauzières and Angelo Zanardini from the libretto Don Carlos by Joseph Méry and Camille Du Locle
Milan, Teatro alla Scala, 10th January 1884

Otello
Opera (4 acts)
Libretto by Arrigo Boito from the tragedy Othello by William Shakespeare
Milan, Teatro alla Scala, February 5th, 1887

Falstaff

Comic Opera (3 acts)
Libretto by Arrigo Boito the comedy The Merry Wives of Windsor and the drama Henry IV by William Shakespeare
Milan, Teatro alla Scala, 9th February 1893