Verdi

Featuring

Ludovic Tézier
Frédéric Chaslin
Paolo Antognetti
Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna
Giuseppe Verdi

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Composer's Artistic Vision

Verdi's operas brought a fundamental change in vocal aesthetics, moving away from the delicate style of early romanticism towards a more dramatic and visceral ideal.

Performer Biography

Tézier's earliest childhood memories are connected with Verdi, as his father would tell him stories about the operas while they listened to the music.

Compositional Technique

Verdi's music is so tightly interwoven with the words that singers need a wide range of colors and expressive resources to perform it.

Composer Biography

Verdi composed 28 works for the musical stage, spanning half a century of opera history, from his first opera Oberto in 1839 to Falstaff in 1893.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Verdi himself could sing, and he used this knowledge to push the limits of singers in his scores to enhance the drama.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Verdi's baritone roles are often deeply felt character portrayals, complex and multifaceted, because the composer himself was "obviously a baritone" and used the voice to express his own heart.