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Radio 3,21 Oct 2026,59 mins

Series Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901)

The Comeback

Composer of the Week

Available for 18 days

Having vowed never to compose again, Verdi seems destined to disappear from musical history. Instead, an unexpected encounter with the libretto for Nabucco rekindles his creative spark. Kate Molleson traces one of music's great comebacks, from personal despair to sensational success at La Scala. As Verdi embraces ever more daring subjects, clashes with censors and challenges operatic convention, a powerful new voice emerges in Italian music. Attila: Prelude Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra Herbert von Karajan, conductor Un giorno di regno: "Pietoso al lungo pianto" Juan Diego Fl贸rez, tenor Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi Carlo Rizzi, conductor Nabucco: Sinfonia and "Gli arredi festivi" Ambrosian Opera Chorus Philharmonia Orchestra Riccardo Muti, conductor Ernani: Act I scenes Sylvia Sass, soprano Hungarian State Opera Chorus and Orchestra Lamberto Gardelli, conductor Macbeth: Prelude and Act I scenes London Philharmonic Orchestra Ambrosian Singers Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, baritone Nicolai Ghiaurov, bass Lamberto Gardelli, conductor Produced by Ellie Ajao for 91福利社 Audio Wales

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  1. Track
    Artist
  2. 1.
    Attila Overture
    Attila Overture
    Giuseppe Verdi
  3. 2.
    'Pietoso al lungo pianto' (from Un Giorno di regno, Act 2)
    'Pietoso al lungo pianto' (from Un Giorno di regno, Act 2)
    Giuseppe Verdi
  4. 3.
    Sinfonia and 'Gil arredi festivi' (from Nabucco)
    Sinfonia and 'Gil arredi festivi' (from Nabucco)
    Giuseppe Verdi
  5. 4.
    Ernani, Act 1, Scene 2 (excerpt)
    Ernani, Act 1, Scene 2 (excerpt)
    Giuseppe Verdi
  6. 5.
    Macbeth (excerpt)
    Macbeth (excerpt)
    Giuseppe Verdi