VA PENSIERO, SULL'ALI DORATE - Verdi's Life Told by Thomas Hampson
Composer: Breisach, Felix
Composer: Beringer, Peter
Va pensiero, sull'ali dorate: Verdi's Life Told by Thomas Hampson
Hampson, Thomas
Composer: Verdi, Giuseppe
I due Foscari
Hampson, Thomas
Libretto/Text Author: Piave, Francesco Maria
Conductor: Armstrong, Richard
Age of Enlightenment Orchestra
Composer: Verdi, Giuseppe
Macbeth
Hampson, Thomas
Libretto/Text Author: Piave, Francesco Maria
Libretto/Text Author: Maffei, Andrea
Conductor: Armstrong, Richard
Age of Enlightenment Orchestra
Composer: Verdi, Giuseppe
Il trovatore
Hampson, Thomas
Libretto/Text Author: Bardare, Leone Emanuele
Libretto/Text Author: Cammarano, Salvatore
Conductor: Armstrong, Richard
Age of Enlightenment Orchestra
Composer: Verdi, Giuseppe
La traviata
Hampson, Thomas
Libretto/Text Author: Piave, Francesco Maria
Conductor: Armstrong, Richard
Age of Enlightenment Orchestra
Actor:
Hampson, Thomas
Year of Production: 2013
Playing Time: 00:57:52
Catalogue Number: EuroArts5104
UPC: 880242510488
Almost seventy years of creative activity lay between Verdi's first compositions for Busseto and his corrections of the Falstaff score in 1893. During this period, the style of his public image and his role composer underwent a sea change. From a craftsman who produced melodramatic operas on the assembly line for some local theatre operation, he became an artistic genius whose complex works ranked as world wide theatrical events. At the end of his life, Verdi was the largest property owner in the province, and one the richest men in Italy.
With Va pensiero, sull'ali dorate (Fly, thought, on golden wings), the prisoners' chorus from Nabucco, Verdi had entered the hearts of his compatriots, and in those hearts he has remained.
The film by Felix Breisach follows Verdi's life to the places of origin most important for him. Hosted by Thomas Hampson, the eloquent and world famous baritone also song four of some of Verdi's famous arias.
