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The Giuseppe Verdi Monument is a sculpture in honor of composer Giuseppe Verdi located in Verdi Square Park in New York City. The monument was dedicated on Columbus Day, October 12, 1906 by the Verdi Monument Committee chaired by Carlo Barsotti (1850–1927), an Italian-American who hoped to inspire young Italian Americans. He was the founding editor of the Il Progresso Italo Americano Italian-American newspaper, and used its pages to raise funds for this and several other memorials including the Columbus Circle monument, a 1888 monument to Giuseppe Garibaldi in Washington Square Park, a monument to Giovanni da Verazzano (1909) and the 1921 monument to Dante Alighieri in Dante Square. The sculptor was Pasquale Civiletti (1858–1952).
1. Aida: Act II: Triumphal March Leonard Slatkin Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra
2. Nabucco: Va, pensiero, sull'ali dorate (Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves)
Robert Shaw, Renato Cellini RCA Victor Orchestra, Robert Shaw Chorale
libretto by Temistocle Solera
3. La traviata: Act I: E strano ... A forsè lui ... Follie! ... Sempre libera
Fernando Previtali conducts Rome Opera Orchestra, Anna Moffo, Richard Tucker
libretto by Francesco Maria Piave
4. Rigoletto: Act IV: La donna è mobile Enrico Caruso
5. La donna è mobile from Rigoletto
Emerson Buckley conducts Symphony Orchestra Of Emilia Romagna "Arturo Toscanini"
libretto by Francesco Maria Piave Luciano Pavarotti
6. Aida: Act III: Qui Radamès verrà! (2004 Remastered for SACD)
libretto by Antonio Ghislanzoni
Conductor: Oliviero de Fabritiis Rome Opera Orchestra
Artist: Leontyne Price
7. Aida: Act III: O patria mia
libretto by Antonio Ghislanzoni
Conductor: Oliviero de Fabritiis Rome Opera Orchestra
Artist: Leontyne Price
8. Il Trovatore: Part 2: Scene 1: Vedi! Le fosche notturne spoglie
Composer: Giuseppe Verdi
Conductor: John McCarthy, Ambrosian Opera Chorus
Zubin Mehta New Philharmonia Orchestra
Featuring: Placido Domingo, Fiorenza Cossotto,
libretto by Salvatore Cammarano
9. "Caro Nome che il mio cor" From Rigoletto
Sir John Pritchard conducts Philharmonia Orchestra
libretto by Francesco Maria Piave
Artist: Ileana Cotrubas
10. Don Carlo: Act I: Io l'ho perduta!; Dio, che nell'alma infondere
Conductor: Renato Cellini RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra, Jussi Björling, Robert Merrill Guest Vocals: Emil Markow
11. Il Trovatore: Timor di me?... D'amor sull'ali rosee
Conductor: Gianfranco Masini Orquesta Sinfónica de Barcelona
libretto by Salvatore Cammarano
Artist: Montserrat Caballé
12. Otello: Act I: Già nella notte
James Levine National Philharmonic Orchestra
Featuring: Sherrill Milnes, Frank Little, Renata Scotto, Placido Domingo, Jean Kraft, Paul Crook Guest Vocals: Malcolm King, Paul Plishka
libretto by Arrigo Boito
13. Otello: Act I: Quando narravi
same as 12
14. Otello: Act I: Venga la morte!
same as 12
15. La forza del destino: Act IV: Scene 2: Pace, pace, mio Dio
Conductor: Thomas Schippers
Featuring: Piero de Palma, Shirley Verrett, Ron Bottcher, Richard Tucker, Corinne Vozza, RCA Italiana Opera Chorus, Mario Rinaudo, Robert Merrill, RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra Ezio Flagello, Giovanni Foiani, Giorgio Tozzi
libretto by Francesco Maria Piave
Artist: Leontyne Price
16. La Traviata: Act I: Libiamo ne' lieti calici
Conductor: Georges Prêtre
Featuring: Camillo Sforza, Franco Ruta, Gene Boucher, RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra, Fernando Iacopucci, Thomas Jamerson, Nancy Stokes, Sherrill Milnes, Dorothy Krebill, RCA Italiana Opera Chorus Guest Vocals: Harold Enns
libretto by Francesco Maria Piave
Artist: Montserrat Caballé;Carlo Bergonzi;tenor
17. Rigoletto (1851), Act 3. A 1907 Victor Records recording with Enrico Caruso, Bessie Abott, Louise Homer and Antonio Scotti.
18. Il trovatore (1853), Act 2. Sung by Gabriella Besanzoni in 1920.
19. La traviata (1853), Act 1. Sung by Lucrezia Bori.
20. Un ballo in maschera (1859), Act 1, Scene 2. Performed by Enrico Caruso, Frieda Hempel, Maria Duchêne, Andrés de Segurola and Léon Rothier.
21. La forza del destino (1862), Act 3, Scene 3. Sung by Enrico Caruso and Giuseppe de Luca.
22. Otello (1887), Act 2. Performed by Titta Ruffo and Enrico Caruso.