Oberto, Conte di San Bonifacio (17.11.1839 Teatro alla Scala, Milan). Opera in 2 acts, Temistocle Solera.
Un giorno di regno (5.9.1840 Teatro alla Scala, Milan) [Il finto Stanislao]. Melodramma giocoso in 2 acts, Felice Romani, after the comedy Le Faux Stanislas by Alexandre Vincent Pineu-Duval.
Nabucodonosor (9.3.1842 Teatro alla Scala, Milan) (Nabucco). Opera in 4 parts, Temistocle Solera, after the play Nabucodonosor by Anicet-Bourgeois and Francis Cornue.
I lombardi alla prima crociata (11.2.1843 Teatro alla Scala, Milan). Opera in 4 acts, Temistocle Solera, after the poem of the same name by Tommaso Grossi.
I due Foscari (3.11.1844 Teatro Argentina, Rome). Opera in 3 acts, Francesco Maria Piave, after Lord Byron's play The Two Foscari.
Giovanna d'Arco (15.2.1845 Teatro alla Scala, Milan). Opera in a prologue & 3 acts, Temistocle Solera, after Friedrich Schiller's drama Die Jungfrau von Orleans.
Alzira (12.8.1845 Teatro San Carlo, Naples). Opera in a prologue and 2 acts, Salvatore Cammarano, after Voltaire's tragedy Alzire, ou les Américains.
Attila (17.3.1846 Teatro la Fenice, Venice). Opera in a prologue & 3 acts, Temistocle Solera (and Francesco Maria Piave), after the play Attila, König der Hunnen by Zacharias Werner.
I masnadieri. (22.7.1847 Her Majesty's Theatre, London). Opera in 4 acts, Andrea Maffei, after Friedrich Schiller's drama Die Räuber.
Jérusalem [rev of I lombardi] (26.11.1847 Académie Royale de Musique, Paris). Opera in 4 acts, Alphonse Royer & Gustave Vaëz.
Il corsaro (25.10.1848 Teatro Grande, Trieste). Opera in 3 acts, Francesco Maria Piave, after Lord Byron's poem The Corsair.
La battaglia di Legnano (27.1.1849 Teatro Argentina, Rome). Opera in 4 acts, Salvatore Cammarano, after the play La Battaille de Toulouse by Joseph Méry.
Luisa Miller (8.12.1849 Teatro San Carlo, Naples). Opera in 3 acts, Salvatore Cammarano, after Friedrich Schiller's drama Kabale und Liebe.
Il Trovatore (19.1.1853 Teatro Apollo, Rome). Opera in 4 acts, Salvatore Cammarano (and Leone Emanuele Bardare), after the play El Trovador by Antonio García Gutiérrez.
La traviata (6.3.1853 Teatro la Fenice, Venice). Opera in 4 parts, Francesco Maria Piave, after the play La Dame aux camélias by Alexandre Dumas, fils
Les vêpres siciliennes (13.6.1855 Académie Impériale de Musique, Paris). Grand opera in 5 acts, Eugène Scribe & Charles Duveyrier, after their libretto Le Duc d'Albe
Giovanna de Guzman (I vespri siciliani) [rev of Les vêpres siciliennes] (26.12.1855 Teatro Regio, Parma). Eugène Scribe & Eugenio Caimi.
Simon Boccanegra (12.3.1857 Teatro la Fenice, Venice). Opera in a prologue and 3 acts, Francesco Maria Piave (and Giuseppe Montanelli), after the play Simon Bocanegra by Antonio García Gutiérrez.
Aroldo [rev of Stiffelio] (16.8.1857 Teatro Nuovo, Rimini). Opera in 4 parts, Francesco Maria Piave
Un ballo in maschera (17.2.1859 Teatro Apollo, Rome) Opera in 3 acts, Antonio Somma, after Eugène Scribe's libretto Gustave III.
La forza del destino (10.11.1862 Bolshoy Kamennïy Teatr, St. Petersburg). Opera in 4 acts, Francesco Maria Piave, (and Andrea Maffei) after the play Don Alvaro, o La Fuerza del sino by Angel de Saavedra, Duke of Rivas, and Schiller's drama Wallensteins Lager.
Macbeth [rev] (19.4.1865 Théâtre Lyrique, Paris).
Don Carlos (11.3.1867 Académie Impériale de Musique, Paris) Grand opera in 5 acts, Joseph Méry & Camille du Locle, after Friedrich Schiller's dramatic poem Don Carlos, Infant von Spanien
La forza del destino [rev] (27.2.1869 Teatro alla Scala, Milan). Libretto additions by Antonio Ghislanzoni
Aida (24.12.1871 Opera House, Cairo). Opera in 4 acts, Antonio Ghislanzoni, from a scenario by Auguste Mariette. Composed to commemerate the opening of the Suez Canal.
Don Carlo [rev of Don Carlos] (1872, Naples). Translation by Achille de Lauzières, with additions by Antonio Ghislanzoni.
Simon Boccanegra [rev] (24.3.1881 Teatro alla Scala, Milan). Libretto additions and changes by Arrigo Boito.
La force du destin [rev of La forza del destino] (14.3.1883, Antwerp). Libretto translated and adapted by Charles Nuitter & Camille du Locle.
Don Carlo [rev 2 of Don Carlos] (10.1.1884 Teatro alla Scala, Milan). Opera in 4 acts.
Don Carlo [rev 3 of Don Carlos] (29.12.1886, Modena). Opera in 4 acts.
Verdi deserves to be reckoned in the category of church composers; his "Requiem" (written for the anniversary of Manzoni's death) is a work of art, and continues to find much favour; it was first performed at Milan on 22 May, 1874.
Among his religious compositions are: "Pater Noster", for five voices; an "Ave Maria", for soprano solo and strings (both performed in 1880); a "Te Deum", for two four-part choirs, voices, and orchestra; a "Stabat Mater", four-part, and two motets in honour of the Blessed Virgin.
Verdi's Catholic spirit was shown by his resigning his office as member of the Italian parliament for Busseto; and, subsequently, when, on being appointed a senator by the King of Italy (1875), he went to Rome to be duly admitted, but never assisted at a single sitting.
Verdi was born in Le Roncole, a village near Busseto in the Duchy of Parma and Piacenza (now in the province of Parma).
When he was still a child, Verdi's parents moved to Busseto from the province of Piacenza, where the future composer's education was greatly facilitated by visits to the large library belonging to the local Jesuit school.
Verdi was one of the first composers who insisted on patiently seeking out plots to suit his (or her) particular talents.
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