List of compositions by Giuseppe Verdi

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The following is a list of published compositions by the composer Giuseppe Verdi.

1 Operas
2 Songs
3 Sacred Works
4 Other works

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Operas

Oberto, conte di San Bonifacio (1839)
Un giorno di regno, ossia il finto Stanislao (1840)
Nabucco (1842)
I Lombardi alla prima crociata (1843)
Ernani (1844)
I due Foscari (1844)
Giovanna d'Arco (1845)
Alzira (1845)
Attila (1846)
Macbeth (1847)
I masnadieri (1847)
Jérusalem, French version of I Lombardi alla prima crociata (1847)
Il corsaro (1848)
La battaglia di Legnano (1849)
Luisa Miller (1849)
Stiffelio (1850)
Rigoletto (1851)
Il Trovatore (1853)
La Traviata (1853)
Les vêpres siciliennes (1855)
Giovanna de Guzman, revision of Les vêpres siciliennes (1855)
Simon Boccanegra (1857, revised in 1881)
Aroldo, revision of Stiffelio (1857)
Un ballo in maschera (1859)
La forza del destino (1862)
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
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.
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.
Otello (5.2.1887 Teatro alla Scala, Milan). Opera in 4 acts, Arrigo Boito, after William Shakespeare's Othello.
Falstaff (9.2.1893 Teatro alla Scala, Milan). Opera in 3 acts, Arrigo Boito, after William Shakespeare's The Merry Wives of Windsor and Henry IV, (1 & 2).

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Songs

Sei Romanze (1838)
1. Non t'accostar all'urna (Jacopo Vittorelli)
2. More, Elisa, lo stanco poeta (Tommaso Bianchi)
3. In solitaria stanza (Jacopo Vittorelli)
4. Nell'orror di note oscura (Carlo Angiolini)
5. Perduta ho la pace (trans. by Luigi Balestra from Goethe's Faust)
6. Deh, pietoso, o addolorata (trans. by Luigi Balestra from Goethe's Faust)
L'esule (1839) (Temistocle Solera)
La seduzione (1839) (Luigi Balestra)
Guarda che bianca luna: notturno (1839) (Jacopo Vittorelli)--For soprano, tenor, bass and flute and flute obbligato
Album di Sei Romanze (1845)
1. Il tramonto (Andrea Maffei)
2. La zingara (S. Manfredo Maggioni)
3. Ad una stella (Maffei)
4. Lo Spazzacamino (Felice Romani)
5. Il Mistero (Felice Romani)
6. Brindisi (Maffei)
Il poveretto (1847) (Maggioni)
L'Abandonée (1849) (Escudier?)
Stornello (1869) (annon.)
Pietà Signor (1894) (Verdi and Boito)

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Sacred Works

Requiem (22.5.1874, Church of San Marco, Milan): mass in memory of Alessandro Manzoni, for four solo voices, chorus, and orchestra
Messa per Rossini (1869; premiered posthumously 11.9.1988, Stuttgart): mass in memory of Gioacchino Rossini (Verdi together with twelve other composers)
Pater Noster (1873): for 5-part chorus
Ave Maria (1880): for soprano and strings
Quattro Pezzi Sacri (7.4.1898, Grande Opéra, Paris):
1. Ave Maria: for mixed chorus
2. Stabat Mater: for mixed chorus
3. Laudi alla Vergine Maria: for female chorus
4. Te Deum: for double chorus and orchestra