Francesco Maria Piave

Francesco Maria Piave

Known for: Writing
Biography: 1810-05-18
Deathday: 1876-03-05 (65 years old)

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Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francesco_Maria_Piave.


Francesco Maria Piave (18 May 1810 – 5 March 1876) was an Italian opera librettist who was born in Murano in the lagoon of Venice, during the brief Napoleonic Kingdom of Italy.


His career spanned over twenty years working with many of the significant composers of his day, including Giovanni Pacini (four librettos), Saverio Mercadante (at least one), Federico Ricci, and even one for Michael Balfe. He is most well known as Giuseppe Verdi's librettist, for whom he was to write 10 librettos, the most well-known being those for Rigoletto and La traviata.


But Piave was not only a librettist: he was a journalist and translator in addition to being the resident poet and stage manager at La Fenice in Venice where he first encountered Verdi. Later, Verdi was helpful in securing him the same position at La Scala in Milan. His expertise as a stage manager and his tact as a negotiator served Verdi very well, but the composer bullied him mercilessly for his pains over many years.


Like Verdi, Piave was an ardent Italian patriot, and in 1848, during Milan's "Cinque Giornate," when Radetzky's Austrian troops retreated from the city, Verdi wrote to Piave in Venice addressing him as "Citizen Piave."


Together, they worked on ten operas between 1844 and 1862, and Piave would have also prepared the libretto for Aida when Verdi accepted the commission for it in 1870, had he not suffered a stroke which left him paralyzed and unable to speak. Verdi helped to support his wife and daughter, proposing that "an album of pieces by famous composers be compiled and sold for Piave's benefit". The composer paid for his funeral when he died nine years later in Milan aged 65 and arranged for his burial at the Monumental Cemetery.

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Filmography

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Movies 110

Writer 105

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Macbeth - Teatro alla Scala

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Rigoletto

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The ROH Live: La forza del destino (2019)

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The ROH Live: La Traviata

The ROH Live: La Traviata (2019)

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Verdi: Macbeth

Verdi: Macbeth (2019)

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The Metropolitan Opera: La Traviata

The Metropolitan Opera: La Traviata (2018)

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Verdi: Simon Boccanegra

Verdi: Simon Boccanegra (2018)

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Opéra National de Paris: Verdi's La Traviata

Opéra National de Paris: Verdi's La Traviata (2018)

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Verdi: Simon Boccanegra

Verdi: Simon Boccanegra (2018)

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Macbeth

Macbeth (2018)

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The ROH Live: Rigoletto

The ROH Live: Rigoletto (2017)

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Rigoletto

Rigoletto (2017)

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Ernani

Ernani (2017)

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Verdi: Simon Boccanegra

Verdi: Simon Boccanegra (2017)

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The Metropolitan Opera: La Traviata

The Metropolitan Opera: La Traviata (2017)

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Verdi: La Traviata

Verdi: La Traviata (2016)

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Verdi: I Due Foscari

Verdi: I Due Foscari (2016)

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Macbeth

Macbeth (2016)

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Verdi: Macbeth

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Verdi: La Traviata

Verdi: La Traviata (2015)

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La Traviata

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Verdi : I Due Foscari - Royal Opera House

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Macbeth

Macbeth (2015)

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La Traviata

La Traviata (2015)

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Verdi's La Traviata - English National Opera

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The Metropolitan Opera: Macbeth

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Verdi La Forza del Destino

Verdi La Forza del Destino (2014)

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I due Foscari

I due Foscari (2013)

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The Metropolitan Opera: Rigoletto

The Metropolitan Opera: Rigoletto (2013)

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Giuseppe Verdi: La Traviata

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San Francisco Opera: Verdi's Rigoletto

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Stiffelio

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The Metropolitan Opera: La Traviata

The Metropolitan Opera: La Traviata (2012)

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Verdi: Ernani

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I Due Foscari - Verdi

I Due Foscari - Verdi (2012)

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MacBeth

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La forza del destino

La forza del destino (2011)

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Attila

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Attila

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Rigoletto

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Rigoletto a Mantova

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Simon Boccanegra

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Simon Boccanegra

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Simon Boccanegra [The Metropolitan Opera]

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La Traviata

La Traviata (2009)

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Macbeth: Opéra National de Paris

Macbeth: Opéra National de Paris (2009)

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Il corsaro

Il corsaro (2008)

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Verdi: Rigoletto (Teatro Regio di Parma)

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La Traviata im Hauptbahnhof Zürich

La Traviata im Hauptbahnhof Zürich (2008)

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La Traviata

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Rigoletto - Semperoper Dresden

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The Metropolitan Opera – Verdi: Macbeth

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La Traviata a Paris

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Verdi: La Traviata (Teatro Regio di Parma)

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La forza del destino

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Nabucco

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Verdi: La Traviata

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Rigoletto

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Macbeth

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La Traviata

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La traviata

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Ernani

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Verdi La Traviata

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Rigoletto

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Simon Boccanegra

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Verdi: Simon Boccanegra

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La Traviata

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Rigoletto

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Rigoletto

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La Traviata

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Macbeth

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Verdi: La Forza del Destino

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Macbeth

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La Forza del Destino - The Met

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Rigoletto

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Giuseppe Verdi: Simon Boccanegra

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Rigoletto

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Verdi Stiffelio

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La Traviata

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Verdi La Traviata

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Attila

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Rigoletto

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I due Foscari

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La Traviata

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Verdi: Macbeth

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Rigoletto

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Verdi: Simon Boccanegra

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Ernani

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La traviata

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Verdi Ernani

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Rigoletto

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La Traviata - The Met

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Verdi: Simon Boccanegra

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Rigoletto

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La Traviata

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La Traviata

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La traviata

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Rigoletto

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La forza del destino

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Rigoletto

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Information

Known For
Writing

Gender
Male

Birthday
1810-05-18

Deathday
1876-03-05 (65 years old)

Birth Place
Murano, Italy

Citizenships
Kingdom of Italy


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