"Analyzing baritone parts in Giuseppe Verdi's "Nabucco", "Macbeth", "Rigoletto"

This research aims to analyze "baritone" parts of Nabucco, Macbeth, Rigoletto operas of Giuseppe Verdi, which composed during different creative periods of him, who was the most significant composer of the art of opera, managed to build a huge bridge between opera traditions of eighteenth, nineteenth and even twentieth centuries, with each of his works he sought new ways and meanings in his long and productive life as an artist he made unique contributions to opera repertoire. In the research, information about the composer and his selected operas were collected, and the baritone parts of the works were examined in terms of technique, libretto and musical interpretation. Verdi's perspective on his Nabucco, Macbeth and Rigoletto operas examined in this report and the innovations he wanted to bring to the art of opera are explained by presenting examples from the letters he wrote to his publisher and friend Ricordi, to the opera singers or libretists he worked with. As a result of the research, the philosophical, literary, sociological and psychological materials and clues needed for the creation of the most accurate, convincing character and musical interpretation in the works of Nabucco, Macbeth and Rigoletto were reached by making use of the scores, librettos of the works, Verdi's letters and life story. The importance of these materials was emphasized that singers and/or teachers should consider them while working Nabucco, Macbeth and Rigoletto characters.