Experiencing Verdi a listener's companion

Along with his contemporaries Chopin and Wagner, Verdi is among the few composers whose place in the musical pantheon is based almost entirely upon the mastery of a single genre. This is largely owing to his staggering output in a career that lasted over fifty years. Several of his operas comprise t...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Sanders, Donald C., 1949- (-)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press 2014.
Colección:The listener's companion.
Acceso en línea:Conectar con la versión electrónica
Ver en Universidad de Navarra:https://innopac.unav.es/record=b37315353*spi
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Italian opera before Verdi
  • The early years : Oberto
  • Change of fortune and years in the galleys : Nabucco, Macbeth
  • Signora Verdi, new hopes for Italy, and three iconic operas : Rigoletto, Il Trovatore, La Traviata
  • Verdi the statesman : Un ballo in maschera, Don Carlos
  • Return to Milan : Aida, Manzoni requiem
  • The final masterworks : Otello, Falstaff
  • Death of the maestro.