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Coordinates:40°46′45″N73°58′54″W / 40.77917°N 73.98167°W /40.77917; -73.98167

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Sculpture in Manhattan, New York, U.S.

United States historic place


Giuseppe Verdi Monument
U.S. National Register of Historic Places


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Location	Verdi Square, Manhattan, New York City
Coordinates	40°46′45″N73°58′54″W / 40.77917°N 73.98167°W /40.77917; -73.98167
Area	2 acres (0.81 ha)
Built	1906
Architect	Pasquale Civiletti
NRHP reference No.	90002223^[1]
Added to NRHP	October 4, 1990

TheGiuseppe Verdi Monument is a sculpture honoring composerGiuseppe Verdi inVerdi Square Park (between72nd and 73rd Streets,Amsterdam Avenue, andBroadway) inManhattan, New York City.^[2] The statue was created by Italian sculptorPasquale Civiletti [it].^[3]

The monument measures 25.75 feet (7.85 m) tall and up to 18 feet (5.5 m) across.^[4] Thepedestal is made of dark granite steps, topped by a cylinder,^[5] and measures 15 feet (4.6 m) tall.^[3]^[6] Statues of four characters from Verdi's operas are on the pedestal:Aida,Otello, Leonora ofLa forza del destino, andFalstaff.^[4]^[5]^[7] These statues respectively face north, east, south, and west.^[8] The character statues are made of white Carrara marble, with large marble lyres placed between them. The western side of the pedestal contains an etching with Civiletti's name.^[5] Atime capsule is embedded in the Verdi monument's base.^[9] The main statue of Verdi, placed atop the pedestal, is also made of white Carrara marble.^[5]

The monument was dedicated onColumbus Day, October 12, 1906, by the Verdi Monument Committee chaired byCarlo Barsotti (1850–1927), anItalian–American who hoped to inspire young Italian Americans. He was the founding editor of theIl Progresso Italo-Americano Italian-American newspaper, and used its pages to raise funds for this and several other memorials including theColumbus Circle monument, an 1888 monument toGiuseppe Garibaldi inWashington Square Park, a monument toGiovanni da Verrazzano (1909) and the 1921 monument toDante Alighieri inDante Park.^[2]

A permanent maintenanceendowment for the monument has been established byBertolli USA.^[10] The monument is listed on theNational Register of Historic Places.

References

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^"National Register Information System".National Register of Historic Places.National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
^^a ^b"Verdi Monument – Historical Sign". City of New York, Parks & Recreation. RetrievedOctober 16, 2013.
^^a ^bShepard, Richard F. (December 16, 1977)."Metropolitan Baedeker".The New York Times.ISSN 0362-4331. RetrievedMarch 21, 2022.
^^a ^b"Giuseppe Verdi : NYC Parks".Verdi Square Monuments.New York City Department of Parks and Recreation. June 26, 1939. RetrievedMarch 21, 2022.
^^a ^b ^c ^dVerdi, Giuseppe, Monument(PDF) (Report).National Register of Historic Places,National Park Service. October 4, 1990. p. 2.
^"Verdi Square"(PDF).New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission. January 28, 1975. RetrievedJuly 28, 2019.
^Anderson, Susan Heller (October 10, 1987)."Toast to Verdi: Reclaiming a Tiny West Side Park".The New York Times.ISSN 0362-4331. RetrievedMarch 21, 2022.
^McKinley, Jesse (December 3, 1995)."F.Y.I."The New York Times.ISSN 0362-4331. RetrievedMarch 22, 2022.
^Barron, James (June 25, 2017)."The Time to Retrieve Time's Time Capsule Is at Hand".The New York Times.ISSN 0362-4331. RetrievedMarch 21, 2022.
^"Verdi Square", City of New York, Parks & Recreation

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List of compositions
Operas	Oberto, Conte di San Bonifacio (1839) Un giorno di regno (1840) Nabucco (1842) I Lombardi alla prima crociata (1843) Ernani (1844) I due Foscari (1844) Giovanna d'Arco (1845) Alzira (1845) Attila (1846) Macbeth (1847/65) I masnadieri (1847) Jérusalem (1847) Il corsaro (1848) La battaglia di Legnano (1849) Luisa Miller (1849) Stiffelio (1850) Rigoletto (1851) Il trovatore (1853) La traviata (1853) Les vêpres siciliennes (June 1855) I vespri siciliani (December 1855) Simon Boccanegra (1857/81) Aroldo (1857) Un ballo in maschera (1859) La forza del destino (1862/69) Don Carlos (1867/84) Aida (1871) Otello (1887) Falstaff (1893)
Opera excerpts	"Anvil Chorus" "Bella figlia dell'amore" "Celeste Aida" "Di quella pira" "La donna è mobile" "Libiamo ne' lieti calici" "Tu che le vanità" "Un dì, felice, eterea" "Va, pensiero"
Opera discographies	Aida Un ballo in maschera Don Carlos Falstaff La forza del destino Macbeth Otello Rigoletto Il trovatore La traviata Les vêpres siciliennes
Other compositions	Suona la tromba (1848) Inno delle nazioni (1862) String Quartet in E minor (1873) Messa da Requiem (1874) Quattro pezzi sacri (1889–1897)
Recognitions	Memorials to Giuseppe Verdi Theatres named after Verdi Brindisi Busseto Florence Trieste Milan Conservatory Giuseppe Verdi Monument Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi Verdi (crater) Verdi Inlet Verdi Range 3975 Verdi Verdi, California Verdi, Kansas Verdi, Nevada
Cultural depictions	Portrait of Giuseppe Verdi (1886) Giuseppe Verdi (1938 film) Verdi, the King of Melody (1953 film) The Life of Verdi (1982 miniseries) After Aida (1985 play) Risorgimento! (2011 opera)
Film adaptations	Otello (1906) Aida (1953) La Traviata (1982) Otello (1986) Macbeth (1987) Aida (1987) Giuseppe Verdi's Rigoletto Story (2005)
Related articles	Casa di Riposo per Musicisti Verdi Transcriptions (Finnissy) Villa Verdi
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