Top 5 Favorite Verdi Operas

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Jaakko Keskinen

December 22, 2015, 07:11:04 AM
Go, go, go!


Simon Boccanegra
Don Carlo/s
Falstaff
Il Trovatore
Othello
"Javert, though frightful, had nothing ignoble about him. Probity, sincerity, candor, conviction, the sense of duty, are things which may become hideous when wrongly directed; but which, even when hideous, remain grand."

- Victor Hugo

ritter

#1
December 22, 2015, 07:35:19 AM Last Edit: December 22, 2015, 07:48:52 AM by ritter
My relationship with Verdi has cooled very much over the past several years, and I often find myself loosing patience with his music and his dramatic art. But yet,  I still think Falstaff is a masterpiece, a jewel of an opera. Next I would place Don Carlos (which I think is a rather successful blend of italianità and French grand opéra). I surprise myself by rather enjoying La Forza del destino, as I think the alternation of the dramatic and the comic in this cloak-and-dagger piece makes it stand out from the run-of-the-mill Italian melodrammi from the period. Next, I'd place Simone Boccanegra and, last among the top 5, I'd place (also surprisingly) I Due Foscari, from the anni di galera.

The "romantic trilogy" I'd banish to any operatic purgatory I could find... >:(

Jaakko Keskinen

#2
December 22, 2015, 07:40:55 AM
Quote from: ritter on December 22, 2015, 07:35:19 AM
The "romantic trilogy" I'd banish to any operatic purgatory I could find... >:(

The only one of those three that I don't like is La Traviata.
"Javert, though frightful, had nothing ignoble about him. Probity, sincerity, candor, conviction, the sense of duty, are things which may become hideous when wrongly directed; but which, even when hideous, remain grand."

- Victor Hugo

Drasko

#3
December 22, 2015, 07:50:20 AM
Otello
Simone Boccanegra
Il trovatore
Un ballo in maschera
Rigoletto

springrite

#4
December 22, 2015, 07:55:22 AM
Rigoletto
La Forze del Destino
La Traviata
Don Carlo
Aida
Do what I must do, and let what must happen happen.

Sergeant Rock

#5
December 22, 2015, 08:12:53 AM
UN BALLO IN MASCHERA
LA FORZA DEL DESTINO
IL TROVATORE
MACBETH
NABUCCO



Sarge

the phone rings and somebody says,
"hey, they made a movie about
Mahler, you ought to go see it.
he was as f*cked-up as you are."
                               --Charles Bukowski, "Mahler"

Karl Henning

#6
December 22, 2015, 08:58:26 AM
Otello
Falstaff
Aïda
La traviata
Rigoletto
Karl Henning, Ph.D.
Composer & Clarinetist
Boston MA
http://www.karlhenning.com/
[Matisse] was interested neither in fending off opposition,
nor in competing for the favor of wayward friends.
His only competition was with himself. — Françoise Gilot

Karl Henning

#7
December 22, 2015, 08:59:00 AM
WAIT—WHY ISN'T THIS A POLL??!!   8)  8)  8)
Karl Henning, Ph.D.
Composer & Clarinetist
Boston MA
http://www.karlhenning.com/
[Matisse] was interested neither in fending off opposition,
nor in competing for the favor of wayward friends.
His only competition was with himself. — Françoise Gilot

Jaakko Keskinen

#8
December 22, 2015, 09:04:41 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on December 22, 2015, 08:59:00 AM
WAIT—WHY ISN'T THIS A POLL??!!   8)  8)  8)

I'm too lazy.
"Javert, though frightful, had nothing ignoble about him. Probity, sincerity, candor, conviction, the sense of duty, are things which may become hideous when wrongly directed; but which, even when hideous, remain grand."

- Victor Hugo

Karl Henning

#9
December 22, 2015, 09:07:10 AM
Understandable.
Karl Henning, Ph.D.
Composer & Clarinetist
Boston MA
http://www.karlhenning.com/
[Matisse] was interested neither in fending off opposition,
nor in competing for the favor of wayward friends.
His only competition was with himself. — Françoise Gilot

bhodges

#10
December 22, 2015, 09:17:19 AM
Otello
Falstaff
Macbeth
La traviata
Rigoletto

--Bruce

Karl Henning

#11
December 22, 2015, 09:20:15 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on December 22, 2015, 08:58:26 AM
Otello
Falstaff
Aïda
La traviata
Rigoletto

Quote from: Brewski on December 22, 2015, 09:17:19 AM
Otello
Falstaff
Macbeth
La traviata
Rigoletto

--Bruce

Coincidence?...
Karl Henning, Ph.D.
Composer & Clarinetist
Boston MA
http://www.karlhenning.com/
[Matisse] was interested neither in fending off opposition,
nor in competing for the favor of wayward friends.
His only competition was with himself. — Françoise Gilot

springrite

#12
December 22, 2015, 09:21:49 AM
Do what I must do, and let what must happen happen.

Sergeant Rock

#13
December 22, 2015, 09:28:23 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on December 22, 2015, 09:20:15 AM
Coincidence?...

You two gents present a musically superior list to mine...but I just can't help loving Verdi's trashier operas  ;D

Sarge
the phone rings and somebody says,
"hey, they made a movie about
Mahler, you ought to go see it.
he was as f*cked-up as you are."
                               --Charles Bukowski, "Mahler"

Sergeant Rock

#14
December 22, 2015, 09:29:34 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on December 22, 2015, 08:59:00 AM
WAIT—WHY ISN'T THIS A POLL??!!   8)  8)  8)

I'm too lazy to confirm (and I need to start dinner) but I would bet there is already a Verdi poll here.

Sarge
the phone rings and somebody says,
"hey, they made a movie about
Mahler, you ought to go see it.
he was as f*cked-up as you are."
                               --Charles Bukowski, "Mahler"

Karl Henning

#15
December 22, 2015, 09:30:17 AM
Quote from: springrite on December 22, 2015, 09:21:49 AM
Or laziness...

I've never known Bruce to be lazy.  Not saying he's incapable of it, which is a question I cannot judge;  I am merely pointing out the limits of my knowledge  8)

Quote from: Sergeant Rock on December 22, 2015, 09:28:23 AM
You two gents present a musically superior list to mine...but I just can't help loving Verdi's trashier operas  ;D

Sarge

I do not presume to judge your list, dear fellow (I haven't seen/heard much of your list!)  And I trust Verdi's stage instincts:  I know he wrote them, so that they should be liked!
Karl Henning, Ph.D.
Composer & Clarinetist
Boston MA
http://www.karlhenning.com/
[Matisse] was interested neither in fending off opposition,
nor in competing for the favor of wayward friends.
His only competition was with himself. — Françoise Gilot

kishnevi

#16
December 22, 2015, 09:34:49 AM Last Edit: December 22, 2015, 09:41:12 AM by Jeffrey Smith
Trovatore
Falstaff
Otello
Don Carlo
Nabucco
Requiem

kishnevi

#17
December 22, 2015, 09:40:23 AM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on December 22, 2015, 09:28:23 AM
You two gents present a musically superior list to mine...but I just can't help loving Verdi's trashier operas  ;D

Sarge

They are not trashy:  they simply were written to be good entertainment first and foremost. 

bhodges

#18
December 22, 2015, 09:47:52 AM
Nothing wrong with "trashy"! Though I think even the trashiest (and no, I have no idea which ones those might be) have good music in them. And wish I could join in the Aïda love, but that is one that just hasn't resonated with me. (Maybe I need a different production, other than the Met's gigantic one.)

Hm...maybe I need to replace Rigoletto with Don Carlo. 8)

--Bruce

Jaakko Keskinen

#19
October 26, 2016, 07:26:05 AM
Simon Boccanegra
Aida
Falstaff
Don Carlo/s
Rigoletto
"Javert, though frightful, had nothing ignoble about him. Probity, sincerity, candor, conviction, the sense of duty, are things which may become hideous when wrongly directed; but which, even when hideous, remain grand."

- Victor Hugo
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