To publish the complete works of Verdi in a definitive critical edition.

To support the preparation for publication of a critical edition of the works of Giuseppe Verdi.

To support the preparation for publication of a critical edition of the complete works of Giuseppe Verdi.

To support publication of a two-volume edition of the opera, "Rigoletto," the first volumes in a complete critical edition of the works of Giuseppe Verdi.

Preparation for publication of two volumes of the complete works of Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901), and editorial work on seven additional volumes. (12 months)

The Works of Giuseppe Verdi makes available to scholars and performers reliable (critical) editions of the complete works of a major historical figure. The scores are both faithful to the primary sources and suitable for performance. Systematic and detailed graphic differentiation makes clear the precise contents of sources, yet the editors furnish viable score readings that encourage performers to make informed musical choices. The scores have become the standard from which the works of Verdi are performed and recorded; the detailed (often revised) histories of the works furnish greater context through which to understand the place of these works in the broader cultural context. The project upholds a new level of probity in today’s core operatic repertory, a group of works that have previously suffered neglect with regard to accurate textual transmission.

Preparation for print publication of a critical edition and score of Le trouvère, Un ballo in Maschera, Juvenilia, and Lombardi alla prima Crociata by the Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901), and to continue work on four additional Verdi operas: Falstaff, Otello, Romanze, and Les vêpres siciliennes. (36 months)

The scholarly critical edition of the complete works of Giuseppe Verdi www.verdiedition.org makes available to scholars and performers reliable editions of the music of a major historical figure. It includes operas at the core of the repertory, e.g., Rigoletto, Il trovatore, La traviata, Otello, and Falstaff, as well as the Messa da Requiem and other non-operatic works. Eighteen out of a projected thirty-seven titles are now in print, with two more appearing in 2022-2025 and a target completion year of 2050. Entirely based on original sources, the edition produces musical scores freed from inauthentic interventions that have become the standard for performance and recording worldwide. It also presents detailed histories of the works—from composition, to early performance, to broader cultural influence up to the present day.

The preparation of a critical edition of the works of Giuseppe Verdi. (24 months)

The preparation of a critical edition of The Works of Giuseppe Verdi is a major international scholarly undertaking. The complete edition will comprise 31 volumes of operas and six volumes of Verdi's other works. Thirteen works in the edition will have been published by Spring 2007 as well as twelve piano-vocal scores based on the edition. The critical edition has been used as the basis for a number of performances in major opera houses. The NEH has generously provided support for the edition from the beginning, and the current application requests further funding to support editorial development work on the next volumes. Several volumes will be in active stages of preparation, notably Giovanna d'Arco, Chamber Music, La forza del destino, Aroldo, Un ballo in maschera, and Attila.

Preparation of an edition of the complete works of Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901). (24 months)

The University of Chicago Press, in cooperation with Casa Ricordi of Milan, has embarked on the first critical edition of the complete works of Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901). This critical edition, which has already proven invaluable to musical scholarship as well as to the performance of Verdi's music, is projected to take over forty years to complete. The sequence of work has been organized so as to issue the more famous operas in alternation with lesser-known works, to maintain balanced sales as well as heterogeneity. Furthermore, to facilitate editing and production, the largest and most complex works, particularly the double volumes containing several versions, are scheduled between smaller, less demanding volumes. The edition is being prepared under the general editorship of Philip Gossett and an editorial board that includes seven other Verdi scholars.

To support the continuing preparation for publication of a critical edition of the complete works of Giuseppe Verdi.