Giuseppe Verdi:
Giovanna d'Arco
Libretto:
Temistocle Solera

Verdi wanted his seventh opera to be passionate, fiery and action-packed, and he wanted a real prima donna at the center

of it. He found the ideal subject in Joan of Arc, probably one of the most famous female figures in world history. At its

premiere in 1845, the new opera was frenetically acclaimed by the audience and further successful performances

followed, before the work was overshadowed by Verdi's later, even more famous operas. It is high time to bring it back to

the stage, where it can prove its undeniable qualities!