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Verdi Operas Beginner

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#1 ·
I am someone looking to aquire a taste for Verdi. I absolutely love Puccini's La Boheme, and I love his orchestration. However, when I listen to Verdi I find that the orchestra is almost completely neglected. However, because so many people find his operas genius, I thought I'd give them another go. I need an opera with great arias and perhaps a bit more orchestra involvement. In layman's terms, I need a really good Verdi opera.
 
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Verdi wasn't as great an orchestrator as Puccini IMO. But there are lots of Verdi operas with great arias - Rigoletto, Il Trovatore, La Traviata, Don Carlos, Aida, etc. Hard to single out any one of them, and I'm terrible at predicting what other people will like - but if you would hold a gun to my head I'd say "try Aida."
 
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