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.
Verdi: Aida
Drama, Music, Romance
9.0
The Metropolitan Opera: Saint-Saëns's Samson et Dalila
Music, Drama
0.0
The Metropolitan Opera: La Fanciulla del West
Music, Drama, Action
0.0
Metropolitan Opera Live — Marnie
Music
10.0
The Metropolitan Opera: La Fille du Régiment
Music, Drama
0.0
Poulenc: Dialogues des Carmélites
Drama, Music
0.0
Theodora
Music, Drama
0.0
La forza del destino
Drama, Music
5.0
Jonas Kaufmann: An Evening with Puccini
Music
0.0
Verdi: Aida (Bregenz Festival)
Music
0.0
Attila
Music, Drama
9.0
Bastien a Bastienna
Music
0.0
Amadeus
History, Music, Drama
8.0
Händel / Mozart: Der Messias
Music
0.0
Prodaná nevěsta
Music
0.0
Únos ze Serailu
Music
0.0
Libuše
Music, Drama, History
0.0
The Metropolitan Opera - Puccini: Madama Butterfly
Music
9.0
The Passion of Scrooge
Music
0.0
The Cunning Little Vixen
Fantasy, Music
0.0