List of compositions by Giuseppe Verdi
The following is a list of published compositions by the composer Giuseppe Verdi.
List of operas and revisions
Revision of earlier opera, including translations with material musical changes. Librettists not directly involved in the preparation of a specific revision, but whose text is included in the work, are shown in italics.| # | Title | Libretto | Acts | Language | Premiere | Remarks |
| 1 | Oberto, conte di San Bonifacio | 2 | Italian | La Scala, Milan17 Nov 1839 | Lightly revised three times after the première. | |
| 2 | Un giorno di regno | 2 | Italian | La Scala, Milan5 Sep 1840 | Later revision known as Il finto Stanislao. | |
| 3 | Nabucodonosor |
| 4 | Italian | La Scala, Milan9 Mar 1842 | Later known as Nabucco. |
| 4 | I Lombardi alla prima crociata |
| 4 | Italian | La Scala, Milan11 Feb 1843 | Based on an epic poem by Tommaso Grossi. |
| 5 | Ernani | 4 | Italian | La Fenice, Venice9 Mar 1844 | Partially based on work by Victor Hugo. | |
| 6 | I due Foscari |
| 3 | Italian | Teatro Argentina, Rome3 Nov 1844 | |
| 7 | Giovanna d'Arco |
| 3 | Italian | La Scala, Milan15 Feb 1845 | |
| 8 | Alzira | 2 | Italian | San Carlo, Naples12 Aug 1845 | ||
| 9 | Attila |
| 3 | Italian | La Fenice, Venice17 Mar 1846 | Acts 1 and 2 written, and Act 3 sketched, by Solera. Act 3 completed by Piave. |
| 10 | Macbeth |
| 4 | Italian | La Pergola, Florence14 Mar 1847 | |
| 11 | I masnadieri | 4 | Italian | Her Majesty's Theatre, London22 Jul 1847 | ||
| 4a | Jérusalem |
| 4 | French | Salle Le Peletier, Paris26 Nov 1847 | Revision and translation of I Lombardi alla prima crociata. |
| 12 | Il corsaro |
| 3 | Italian | Teatro Grande, Trieste25 Oct 1848 | |
| 13 | La battaglia di Legnano |
| 4 | Italian | Teatro Argentina, Rome27 Jan 1849 | |
| 14 | Luisa Miller |
| 3 | Italian | San Carlo, Naples8 Dec 1849 | Loosely based on Kabale und Liebe by Friedrich Schiller. |
| 15 | Stiffelio |
| 3 | Italian | Teatro Grande, Trieste16 Nov 1850 | |
| 16 | Rigoletto |
| 3 | Italian | La Fenice, Venice11 Mar 1851 | |
| 17 | Il trovatore |
| 4 | Italian | Teatro Apollo, Rome19 Jan 1853 | Cammarano died before completion; his libretto was restructured by Bardare. |
| 18 | La traviata |
| 3 | Italian | La Fenice, Venice6 Mar 1853 | |
| 19 | Les vêpres siciliennes | 5 | French | Salle Le Peletier, Paris13 June 1855 | ||
| 19a | Giovanna de Guzman |
| 5 | Italian | Teatro Regio, Parma26 Dec 1855 | Revision and translation of Les vêpres siciliennes. Also known as Batilda di Turenne in an 1858 Naples production. After 1861 most commonly known as I vespri siciliani. |
| 17a | Le trouvère |
| 4 | French | La Monnaie, Brussels20 May 1856 | Revision and translation of Il trovatore, with added ballet. |
| 20 | Simon Boccanegra |
| 3 | Italian | La Fenice, Venice12 Mar 1857 | |
| 15a | Aroldo |
| 4 | Italian | , Rimini16 Aug 1857 | Revision of Stiffelio set in Anglo-Saxon Britain. Act 3 expanded. |
| 21 | Un ballo in maschera | 3 | Italian | Teatro Apollo, Rome17 Feb 1859 | Revision of the unperformed Gustavo III. | |
| 22 | La forza del destino |
| 4 | Italian | Bolshoi, Saint Petersburg10 Nov 1862 | |
| 10a | Macbeth |
| 4 | Italian | Théâtre Lyrique, Paris21 Apr 1865 | Revised version with cuts including Macbeth's final aria. |
| 23 | Don Carlos | 5 | French | Salle Le Peletier, Paris11 Mar 1867 | ||
| 23a | Don Carlo |
| 5 | Italian | Royal Italian Opera House, London4 Jun 1867 | Translation of Don Carlos, first performed with unauthorised amendments and cuts. Italian première of this version took place on 4 Jun 1867 at the Teatro Comunale, Bologna. |
| 22a | La forza del destino |
| 4 | Italian | La Scala, Milan27 Feb 1869 | Revised version, with text added by Ghislanzoni. |
| 24 | Aida |
| 4 | Italian | Khedivia, Cairo24 Dec 1871 | |
| 23b | Don Carlo |
| 5 | Italian | San Carlo, NaplesNov / Dec 1872 | Revised version, with text added by Ghislanzoni. |
| 20a | Simon Boccanegra |
| 3 | Italian | Teatro alla Scala, Milan24 Mar 1881 | Revised version, with text changed and added by Boito. Act 1 Council Chamber finale added in this version. |
| 23c | Don Carlo |
| 4 | Italian | La Scala, Milan10 Jan 1884 | Second revised version, omitting Act 1 and the ballet. Initial revisions in French by du Locle and Nuittier. First performed in an Italian translation by Zanardini. |
| 23d | Don Carlo |
| 5 | Italian | Teatro Municipale, Modena29 Dec 1886 | Third revised version, restoring Act 1. |
| 25 | Otello |
| 4 | Italian | La Scala, Milan5 Feb 1887 | |
| 26 | Falstaff |
| 3 | Italian | La Scala, Milan9 Feb 1893 |
Incomplete projects
- Re Lear, 1856. Librettist Antonio Somma worked with Verdi on completing a libretto for an opera based on Shakespeare's King Lear. This libretto was based on an incomplete one written by librettist Salvatore Cammarano before he died in 1852. It was never set to music.
Songs
- Sei Romanze
- Non t'accostar all'urna
- More, Elisa, lo stanco poeta
- In solitaria stanza
- Nell'orror di notte oscura
- Perduta ho la pace
- Deh, pietoso, o addolorata
- L'esule
- La seduzione
- Guarda che bianca luna: notturno for soprano, tenor, bass and flute obbligato
- Album di Sei Romanze
- Il tramonto
- La zingara
- Ad una stella
- Lo Spazzacamino
- Il Mistero
- Brindisi
- Il poveretto
- L'Abandonée
- Stornello
- Pietà Signor
Sacred works
- Messa da Requiem : mass in memory of Alessandro Manzoni, for four solo voices, chorus, and orchestra
- Libera me for Messa per Rossini. Mass in memory of Gioachino Rossini. Verdi wrote the "Libera me", with contributions from twelve other composers.
- Pater Noster : for 5-part chorus
- Ave Maria : for soprano and strings
- Quattro pezzi sacri :
- Ave Maria : for mixed solo voices
- Stabat Mater : for mixed chorus and orchestra
- Laudi alla Vergine Maria : for female voices
- Te Deum : for double chorus and orchestra
Other sacred works
- Tantum ergo in G major
- Tantum ergo in F major
- Messa in E-flat major
- Laudate pueri in D major
- Qui tollis in F major
Other vocal works (secular)
- Suona la tromba , a patriotic hymn
- Inno delle nazioni , cantata for tenor, chorus and orchestra.
Instrumental, orchestral, chamber works
- Romanza senza parole
- Valzer
- Sinfonia in B-flat major
- Sinfonia in C major
- Sinfonia del M. Verdi in D major
- with Giacomo Mori, Canto di Virginia Con Variazioni per Oboe Composte con accomp.to d'Orchestra quintetto
- String Quartet in E minor
- Stramberia for violin and piano