This is a revised and updated edition of Julian Budden's monumental survey of the operas of Giuseppe Verdi. Hailed on publication for its extraordinary comprehensibility, it examines each of the operas in detail, giving a full account of its dramatic and historical origins and a critical evaluation. The text is supported by a wealth of musical illustrations.
De opera's van Verdi Reeks
Deze serie biedt een diepgaande verkenning van de operameesterwerken van Giuseppe Verdi, met gedetailleerde analyses van elk werk. Het duikt in de dramatische en historische oorsprong van elke opera en biedt kritische beoordelingen van hun betekenis. Lezers zullen de rijkdom aan muzikale illustraties waarderen die de boeiende en informatieve tekst aanvullen, waardoor het een onmisbare bron wordt voor operaliefhebbers.
Aanbevolen leesvolgorde
The second part of a three-volume survey of the operas of Verdi, this study covers those works written during the decadence of the post-Rossinni period. It examines each opera in detail, with an account of its dramatic and historical origins and a critical evaluation.
The Operas of Verdi 3
From Don Carlos to Falstaff
Volume Three covers roughly a quarter of a century, a period which saw grand opera on the Parisian model established throughout Italy, the reform of the Conservatories, and the spread of cosmopolitan influences to an extent that convinced many that Italian music was losing its identity. Verdi produced his four last and greatest operas-- Don Carlos , Aida , Otello , and Falstaff --in this period, which ended with the advent of "verisimo", in which a new, recognizably Italian idiom was inaugurated.