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A satirical sketch dated March 19, 1883, alluding humorously to the extraordinary fertility of Verdi’s operatic output. The artistic legacy of Giuseppe Verdi is dominated by opera, a genre he transformed into a powerful vehicle of human drama, political tension, and emotional truth. His most celebrated works span nearly his entire creative life and reflect a continuous evolution from early Romantic vigor to late stylistic refinement. Operas: - Oberto, conte di San Bonifacio - Nabucco - Macbeth -  Rigoletto -  Il Trovatore -  La Traviata - Simon Boccanegra -  Don Carlos -  Aida - Ottelo - Falstaff Together, these operas define the core of the nineteenth-century Italian operatic repertoire and secure Verdi’s position as one of the most influential dramatists in music history. Sacred works: -  Messa da Requiem - Quattro pezzi sacri In his sacred music, Verdi applied operatic intensity and expressive depth to liturgical texts, achieving works of monumental emo...

Program cover from Camille Saint-Saëns’s 1896 concert at Salle Pleyel in Paris, marking fifty years since his debut at the same venue. The creative output of Camille Saint-Saëns is remarkably extensive and stylistically diverse, spanning opera, symphonic music, concertante works, chamber music, keyboard compositions, and sacred choral writing. His catalogue reflects both Classical discipline and Romantic imagination, combined with exceptional technical mastery. Saint-Saëns’s oeuvre stands as a testament to intellectual clarity, stylistic elegance, and expressive versatility—qualities that secured his place as one of the central figures of French music in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Below is a representative selection of Saint-Saëns’s most significant and enduring works. Operas: The Yellow Princess, Opus 30 Samson and Dalila, Opus 47 Henry VIII Les Barbares Orchestral Works: Symphony No. 1 in E flat major, Opus 2 Symphony No. 2 in A minor, Opus 55 Symphony No. 3...