It is to composer and librettist Arrigo Boito and his constant pestering of the octogenarian Verdi that there remained within him one last great comedy fighting to get out that we owe this absolute miracle of an opera. Produced in 1893 as Verdi turned 80 there is much in this masterpiece that can be identified as a modernist neoclassical work. The use of short motifs instead of long arioso melodic lines, the spry and reduced orchestral textures and the lack of a single 'stand and deliver' dramatic declamatory aria all serve to make this more of a 20th century work than an example of 19th century late-Romanticism.
Kathleen Madigan: Madigan Again
Comedy
7.6
Free Hands
Drama
5.5
'R Xmas
Drama, Crime, Thriller
6.2
Little Pond in Main Street
Documentary
5.3
Jurassic Fight Club - Cannibal Dinosaur Claymation
Action, Animation
6.9
Terminator Zan Kill
Science Fiction, Action
5.7
Faces of Death II
Documentary, Horror
3.8
Bird Thongchai Concert #1/1988 Kaolao ThongChai (Mai-Ngok)
Music
6.3
The Main Celebration of Life
Documentary
6.0
Largo Winch II
Action, Adventure, Thriller
5.8
Me Against You: Mr. S's Vendetta
Family, Fantasy
8.0
The Human Centipede 2 (Full Sequence)
Drama, Horror, Crime
4.8
Disney Presents: Main Street Electrical Parade - Farewell Season
Documentary, Family
5.4
Welcome in Vienna
Drama, War
6.4
Fight Club
Action, Drama, Thriller
6.5
Tremors 3: Back to Perfection
Action, Comedy, Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller
5.8
The Barbarians
Adventure, Fantasy, Action
5.5
Two Plus Fours
Music
4.5
Giuseppe Verdi: Aida
Music
0.0
Arabella
Music, Documentary
0.0
Cavalleria rusticana
TV Movie, Music
7.0
The Metropolitan Opera: Roméo et Juliette
Music, Drama
8.0
Verdi: Nabucco
Music
0.0
Così fan tutte
Music
0.0
Otello
Music, Documentary
0.0
Rigoletto
Music
0.0
Strauss: Elektra
Music
0.0
Rossini: La Cenerentola
Music
9.0
La Traviata
Music
6.5
Die Walküre
Music
0.0
Rigoletto
Drama, Music
0.0
Strauss II: Die Fledermaus
Music
0.0
Intimate Apparel
Music, Drama
0.0
Rusalka
Music, Documentary
0.0
Věčný Faust
Music, Drama
0.0
The Magic Flute
Music, Romance, Adventure, Fantasy, Comedy
0.0
Operette
Music, Drama
7.0
Lucia di Lammermoor
Music, Drama
0.0