Giuseppe Verdi (1813 - 1901)

Overtures Volume 1
Aroldo: Sinfonia
Il corsaro: Prelude
Luisa Miller: Sinfonia
La traviata: Prelude
La traviata: Prelude to Act III
Alzira: Sinfonia
Un ballo in maschera: Prelude
Oberto, conte di San Bonifacio: Sinfonia
Aida: Prelude
Attila: Prelude
I vespri siciliani: Sinfonia

Giuseppe Verdi's career spans three quarters of the nineteenth century. He was born in 1813 at Le Roncole, near Busseto, the son of a tavern-keeper, and distinguished himself locally in music. The encouragement and patronage of his future father-in-law Antonio Barezzi, a merchant in Busseto, allowed him further study in Milan, before returning to Busseto as maestro di musica. His first venture into opera, a reasonably successful one, was in 1839 with Oberto, conte di San Bonifacio. This was followed, however, by the failure of Un giorno di regno, written at a p