Giuseppe Verdi: Das Wahre erfinden, Eine Hörbiografie von Jörg Handstein

Featuring

Beate Himmelstoss
Folkert Dücker
Gert Heidenreich
Hans Jürgen Stockerl
Katja Amberger
Udo Wachtveitl

Max Hanft
Peter Dijkstra
Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Miscellaneous
Giuseppe Verdi

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Album & Artwork

This album is a radio biography (Hörbiografie) of Giuseppe Verdi, narrated by Udo Wachtveitl, with actors portraying Verdi and his wife Giuseppina.

Composer Biography

Giuseppe Verdi, the composer, was the son of a tavern owner from a poor village and became a self-made man, investing his early wealth from music into land.

Recording & Production

The 'Inno popolare' ('Suona la tromba') on this album is a new professional recording by the Bavarian Radio Chorus, as no other professional recording could be found despite intensive searching.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Verdi, who considered himself an 'uomo di teatro' (man of the theatre), aimed to create vivid and truthful characters in his operas, inspired by Shakespeare.

Critical Reception

Verdi's 'Inno popolare' ('Suona la tromba') could have become the Italian national anthem, but it was composed too late for the 1848 revolution and was published against Verdi's will in 1865.

Cultural Impact

Verdi was a national myth in Italy, with 300,000 people attending his funeral, and his 'Va pensiero' from Nabucco was considered a secret national anthem.

Composition History

Verdi's 'Inno popolare' ('Suona la tromba'), a revolutionary hymn, was requested by Giuseppe Mazzini, a famous professional revolutionary, to be an 'Italian Marseillaise' in 1848.