Since then, the repertory has grown to include Wagner and Verdi.

His concert reperoire includes Mozart's Requiem and Verdi's Messa da Requiem which he has sung many times.

Illustrious former guests are said to have included Verdi, Mozart and Napoleon.

He began describing his latest forays into Romantic terrain and his plans for the future, which included Verdi.

Works scheduled include Verdi's "Simon Boccanegra," Wagner's "Tristan und Isolde" and Puccini's "Madama Butterfly."

New productions this fall include Verdi's "Forza del Destino," written for the Mariinsky and first staged there in 1862 by Verdi himself.

Other notable non-Scottish composers of operas on Scottish subjects include Bizet, Handel, Giacomo Meyerbeer, Jean-François Le Sueur, John Barnett and Verdi.

Their 4 P.M. recital today at Wykeham Rise School in Washington includes Mozart, Donizetti, Puccini, Verdi, Delibes and Strauss.

B Map The academy was founded in 1821 and its members have included Rossini, Donizetti and Verdi.

Forty years later, their repertory has expanded to include Verdi and Puccini.