Giuseppe Verdi


Biography

Giuseppe Verdi worked on a variety of projects during his entertainment career. Verdi worked on a variety of projects during his early entertainment career, including "Aida" with Sophia Loren (1954), "Come Prima" (1959) starring Mario Lanza and "House of Ricordi" (1955) starring Rolande Alexandre. He also contributed to "La Donna piu bella del mondo" (1955), "Song Without End" (1960) an...

Biography

Giuseppe Verdi worked on a variety of projects during his entertainment career. Verdi worked on a variety of projects during his early entertainment career, including "Aida" with Sophia Loren (1954), "Come Prima" (1959) starring Mario Lanza and "House of Ricordi" (1955) starring Rolande Alexandre. He also contributed to "La Donna piu bella del mondo" (1955), "Song Without End" (1960) and "The Lost Weekend" (1945). In the eighties, Verdi devoted his time to various credits, such as "Romanca Final" (1987) starring Jose Carreras, "The Sicilian" with Christopher Lambert (1987) and "Wall Street" with Michael Douglas (1987). He also worked on "Making Opera" (1988). Verdi's music was most recently featured in "Stonewall" (2015). In the nineties, Verdi lent his talents to projects like "Mr. Magoo" with Leslie Nielsen (1997), "Mafia!" (1998) starring Jay Mohr and "Mother and Son" (1998) starring Gundrun Geyer. His credits also expanded to "Mrs. Dalloway" with Vanessa Redgrave (1998) and "Still Breathing" with Brendan Fraser (1998).

Filmography

 

Cast (Feature Film)

The Barber of Siberia (1999)
Performer

Music (Feature Film)

Anna (2019)
Song
The Upside (2019)
Song
Booksmart (2019)
Song
Zombieland 2: Double Tap (2019)
Song
Untouchable (2019)
Song
Peter Rabbit (2018)
Song
Holmes and Watson (2018)
Song
Blindspotting (2018)
Music Composer
Breathe (2017)
Song
Hot Summer Nights (2017)
Song
The Lost City of Z (2016)
Music Composer
La La Land (2016)
Song
Florence Foster Jenkins (2016)
Song
Accidental Love (2015)
Song
The Book of Life (2014)
Song
The Immigrant (2013)
Song
Stoker (2013)
Song
Ruby Sparks (2012)
Song
American Reunion (2012)
Song
Our Family Wedding (2010)
Song
Whip It (2009)
Song
Righteous Kill (2008)
Song
Bart Got a Room (2008)
Song
Twilight (2008)
Song
Orange Winter (2007)
Music
No Reservations (2007)
Music Producer
The Namesake (2006)
Song
Rocky Balboa (2006)
Music
The Pink Panther (2006)
Music Composer
Quinceanera (2006)
Song
A Prairie Home Companion (2006)
Music
Match Point (2005)
Music Composer
I Build the Tower (2005)
Music
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (2005)
Song
The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement (2004)
Music
The Punisher (2004)
Music
Bad Santa (2003)
Music
The Kid Stays in the Picture (2002)
Music ("Bella Figlia Dell'Amore (From 'Rigoletto')"), Music ("Stride La Vampa! (From 'Il Trovatore')")
Together (2002)
Music ("Va Pensiero, Sull'Ail Dorate (From The Opera "Nabucco", Act 3))
Rat Race (2001)
Music
Bride of the Wind (2001)
Music
The Amati Girls (2001)
Song Composer ("La Fiorza Del Destino-Overture")
The Taste of Others (2000)
Song Performer ("Gaultier Malde" (From 'Rigoletto'))
The Man Who Cried (2000)
Music ("Di Quella Pira (From 'Ill Trovatore")
The Crew (2000)
Music
The Family Man (2000)
Music
8 1/2 Women (1999)
Song ("Othello" (Excerpt))
Gloria (1999)
Song
Better Than Chocolate (1999)
Music ("La Traviata")
Being John Malkovich (1999)
Music
Analyze This (1999)
Song
Angela's Ashes (1999)
Music
Tango (1998)
Music
Mafia! (1998)
Music
The Inheritors (1998)
Music
Babe: Pig in the City (1998)
Music
Hands (1998)
Music
Mother and Son (1997)
Music
Resurrection Man (1997)
Music ("La Vergine Degli Angeli (From 'La Forza Del Destino')")
Devil's Island (1997)
Music
Still Breathing (1997)
Music
The Witman Boys (1997)
Music
Mr. Magoo (1997)
Music
Anaconda (1997)
Music
Mrs. Dalloway (1997)
Music ("La Traviata" "'Addio, Del Cassato' (From 'La Traviata')")
The Wondrous Voyage of Kornel Esti (1995)
Music
Gravesend (1995)
Music
D2: The Mighty Ducks (1994)
Music Composer
Eat Drink Man Woman (1994)
Music Composer
Only You (1994)
Music Composer
Only You (1994)
Song
Strawberry and Chocolate (1993)
Song ("D'Amor Sull'Ali Rose" From "Il Trovatore")
Heart and Souls (1993)
Music Composer
Honeymoon In Vegas (1992)
Song
Lorenzo's Oil (1992)
Music
Year Of The Gun (1991)
Music
In the Shadow of the Stars (1990)
Music
Funny About Love (1990)
Music
Opera (1989)
Music Extracts
Edge of Sanity (1989)
Music
Manha Submersa (1989)
Music
The 'Burbs (1989)
Music
Little Dorrit (1988)
Music
Aida (1988)
Music
The Music Teacher (1988)
Music
And God Created Woman (1988)
Music ("Brindisi" From "La Traviata")
A Time of Destiny (1988)
Music
Making Opera (1988)
Music Adaptation
To Kill a Priest (1988)
Music Extract ("Lacrimosa")
Sarah (1988)
Music
Aria (1988)
Music
Il Giovane Toscanini (1988)
Music
Macbeth (1987)
Music Extract ("Aida")
Camillo Castiglioni odor die Moral der Haifische (1987)
Music
Macbeth (1987)
Music
China Girl (1987)
Music
Wall Street (1987)
Music
The Sicilian (1987)
Music
Manon of the Spring (1987)
Music (("Jean'S Theme") From "La Forza Del Destino")
L'Age de Monsieur est avance (1987)
Music
The Sicilian (Director's Cut) (1987)
Music
Romanca Final (1987)
Music Extracts
Ursula (1986)
Music Extract
Demoner (1986)
Music
Off Beat (1986)
Music
The Color of Money (1986)
Music
Faubourg Saint-Martin (1986)
Music ("Don Carlos")
Otello (1986)
Music
Mein Mieber Schatz (1985)
Music
Il Bacio di Tosca (1985)
Music
El Norte (1984)
Music
La Meilleur de la Vie (1984)
Music Extract
Ein Mann Wie EVA (1984)
Music Extract ("La Traviata")
Circle of Passions (1983)
Music
Tva killar och en tjej (1983)
Music
Lettres d'amours perdues (1983)
Music
Fitzcarraldo (1982)
Music Extracts ("Ernani" "Rigoletto")
Eine Liebe Wie Andere Auch (1982)
Music
Den Enfaldige mordaren (1982)
Music
Angel (1982)
Music ("Requiem")
All Night Long (1981)
Music
The Hunter (1980)
Music
Inferno (1980)
Music
The Europeans (1979)
Music
Victoria (1979)
Music ("La Traviata")
Luna (1979)
Music
La Tortue sur le dos (1978)
Music
Aida (1977)
Music
Une Fille Unique (1976)
Music
Piedra Libre (1976)
Music Extract
The Adventure Of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother (1975)
Music
The Best of Walt Disney's True-Life Adventures (1975)
Music Extract ("The Anvil Chorus" From "Il Travatore")
La Cecilia (1975)
Music
The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant (1972)
Music
Earth Entranced (1970)
Composer
The Spider's Stratagem (1970)
Music
Senso (1968)
Music from "il trovatore"
La traviata (1968)
Music Composition
Trans-Europ-Express (1968)
Composer
The Leopard (1963)
Composer
Song Without End (1960)
Composer
For the First Time (1959)
Composer
Seven Hills of Rome (1958)
Composer
Dance with Me, Henry (1956)
Composer
Interrupted Melody (1955)
Composer
La Donna piu bella del mondo (1955)
Music ("Vissi D'Arte" From Opera "La Tosca")
House of Ricordi (1955)
Musical Extracts
The Vanishing Prairie (1954)
Composer
Aida (1954)
Music
Tonight We Sing (1953)
Composer
Wild Women (1953)
Composer
The Stars Are Singing (1953)
Composer
Melba (1953)
Composer
This Is Cinerama (1952)
Composer
The Great Caruso (1951)
Composer
Here Comes the Groom (1951)
Composer
The Toast of New Orleans (1950)
Composer
Song of Surrender (1949)
Composer
That Midnight Kiss (1949)
Composer
House of Strangers (1949)
Composer
A Song Is Born (1948)
Composer
Up in Central Park (1948)
Composer
Luxury Liner (1948)
Composer
Something in the Wind (1947)
Composer
This Time for Keeps (1947)
Composer
Carnegie Hall (1947)
Composer
Ziegfeld Follies (1946)
Composer
The Lost Weekend (1945)
Composer
Thousands Cheer (1944)
Composer
Crazy House (1943)
Composer
Get Hep to Love (1942)
Composer
They Meet Again (1941)
Composer
Sis Hopkins (1941)
Composer
The Goldwyn Follies (1938)
Composer
One Hundred Men and a Girl (1937)
Composer
Women of Glamour (1937)
Composer
I'll Take Romance (1937)
Composer
Forever Yours (1937)
Composer
Moonlight Murder (1936)
Composer
Love Me Forever (1935)
Composer
El cantante de Nápoles (1935)
Composer
Stars over Broadway (1935)
Composer
My Song for You (1935)
Composer
A Night at the Opera (1935)
Composer
I Dream Too Much (1935)
Composer
Enter Madame! (1934)
Composer
Las fronteras del amor (1934)
Composer
One Night of Love (1934)
Composer
Evensong (1934)
Composer
Call of the Flesh (1930)
Composer

Misc. Crew (Feature Film)

Aida Degli Alberi (2001)
Other
Aida (1988)
Other
Macbeth (1987)
Other
Otello (1986)
Other
La Traviata (1983)
Other
So Fine (1981)
Other
Aida (1977)
Other

Music (Special)

Thank You, Mr. President: Helen Thomas at the White House (2008)
Song
Music Heals (2002)
Music
Three Mo' Tenors in Concert (2001)
Music
The Met Celebrates Verdi (2001)
Music
American Dream: Andrea Bocelli's Statue of Liberty Concert (2000)
Music
La Traviata From Paris (2000)
Music
La Forza del Destino (2000)
Music
Star Crossed Lovers (1999)
Music
Luciano Pavarotti 30th Anniversary Gala Performance (1999)
Music
Brush Up Your Shakespeare (1999)
Music
Robert Wells, Swedish King of the Keyboard (1998)
Music
Tibor Rudas Presents Carreras, Domingo, Pavarotti With Levine -- The Three Tenors Live in Concert -- Paris 1998 (1998)
Music
Helmut Lotti Goes Classic (1997)
Music
La Forza del Destino (1996)
Music
Otello (1996)
Music
A Grand Night For Singing - Public Television's Gift to You (1996)
Music
CARRERAS, DOMINGO, PAVAROTTI WITH LEVINE: THE THREE TENORS IN CONCERT (1996)
Music
The Three Sopranos (1996)
Music
Simon Boccanegra (1995)
Music
Placido Domingo: A Musical Life (1995)
Music
Placido Domingo at the Roman Amphitheater of Verona (1995)
Music ("Otello, Act 1" "Aida, Act 2")
Pablo Casals Festival (1995)
Music
New York City Opera "La Traviata" (1995)
Music
I Lombardi (1994)
Music
Opera Favorites With Domingo and Te Kanawa (1994)
Music
The Richard Tucker Opera Gala: American Voices (1994)
Music
THE RICHARD TUCKER OPERA GALA (1994)
Music
TIBOR RUDAS PRESENTS CARRERAS, DOMINGO, PAVAROTTI WITH MEHTA: THE THREE TENORS IN CONCERT (1994)
Music
Pavarotti & Friends (1993)
Music ("La Donna E Mobile")
Stiffelio (1993)
Music
Pavarotti in Paris (1993)
Music
Pavarotti in Central Park (1993)
Music
Falstaff (1993)
Music
Lessons of Darkness (1992)
Music
The Metropolitan Opera Silver Anniversary (1992)
Music
Jonathan Miller on Acting in Opera (1992)
Music ("La Traviata")
Pavarotti Plus! (1992)
Music
The 1991 Richard Tucker Gala (1991)
Music
A Masked Ball From the Metropolitan Opera (1991)
Music
Live From the Philadelphia Orchestra: A Tribute to Martin Luther King, Jr. (1991)
Music
Pavarotti in the Park (1991)
Music
Panasonic Presents: 25th Anniversary Gala at the Met (1991)
Music
Pavarotti Plus! (1990)
Music
Great Moments From the Met (1990)
Music
The 1990 Richard Tucker Gala (1990)
Music
Piano and Partners (1989)
Music
The Richard Tucker Opera Gala (1989)
Music
Pavarotti Plus!... Plus!! (1989)
Music
Aida (1989)
Music
The New York Philharmonic New Year's Eve Gala (1988)
Music
U.N. DAY CONCERT (1988)
Music
A Grand Night: The Performing Arts Salute Public Television (1988)
Music
Rigoletto (1988)
Music
Richard Tucker: The American Caruso (1988)
Music
Trovatore, Il (1988)
Music
Rigoletto (1987)
Music
Un Ballo in Maschera (1987)
Music
Otello (1987)
Music
Solti at 75: A Celebration! (1987)
Music
Aida (1987)
Music
The Joan Sutherland Anniversary Gala (1987)
Music
Pavarotti Plus! (1986)
Music
Gala of Stars 1986 (1986)
Music
16 Days of Glory (1986)
Music
Falstaff (1986)
Music
Pavarotti in the Verdi Requiem: A Salute To Youth (1986)
Music
Simon Boccanegra (1985)
Music
Aida (1985)
Music
Falstaff (1985)
Music
Rigoletto (1985)
Music
La Forza del Destino (1984)
Music
Don Carlo (1984)
Music
Placido Domingo Celebrates Seville (1983)
Music
Ernani (1983)
Music
In Concert at the Met (1982)
Music
Rigoletto (1981)
Music
La Traviata (1981)
Music
Un Ballo in Maschera (1980)
Music
Don Carlo (1980)
Music
Luisa Miller (1979)
Music
Requiem (1978)
Music
Luciano Pavarotti Recital (1978)
Music
Otello (1978)
Music

Misc. Crew (Special)

An Evening With Kathleen Battle and Thomas Hampson (1995)
Other

Life Events

Videos

Movie Clip

For The First Time (1959) -- (Movie Clip) La Donna È Mobile Rudolph Matè directing at the Rome Opera House, Kurt Krasznar the bothered manager, Zsa Zsa Gabor regal in the audience, and Mario Lanza introduced, in his last movie, as singer Tonino, offering the Verdi aria from Rigoletto for fans who couldn’t afford seats, in For The First Time, 1959.
Thousands Cheer (1944) -- (Movie Clip) Kathryn Jones, Soprano End of the credits proclaiming the first movie appearance of MGM stalwart to-be Jose Iturbi, conducting for singer Kathryn (Grayson) from Verdi's La Traviata, her divorced parents (Mary Astor, John Boles) in the concert hall, opening MGM's patriotic all-star musical Thousands Cheer, 1944.
One Night Of Love (1934) -- (Movie Clip) Miss Moore As Mary Singing from La Traviata, the opening of the Columbia picture which, after a rough start, finally made opera singer Grace Moore a movie star, and won her an Academy Award nomination, One Night Of Love, 1934, co-starring Lyle Talbot and Tulio Carminati.
One Night Of Love (1934) -- (Movie Clip) Sempra Libera It never went so easy for Grace Moore in the Hollywood as it does here, as American Mary, her first scene having given up everything to study opera in Italy, charming her neighbors in Milan, still singing from La Traviata, in Moore's first movie hit, One Night Of Love, 1934.
Interrupted Melody (1955) -- (Movie Clip) Winchelsea In 1928 Australia, young singer Marjorie Lawrence (Eleanor Parker) races to a regional competition (her stunt double ducking behind the crates), arriving just in time to deliver her Verdi aria, pretty much historically accurate, early in MGM's Interrupted Melody, 1955.

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