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.
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.
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.
From Don Carlos to Falstaff
The third part of a three-volume survey of the operas of Verdi, this study covers roughly a quarter of a century, in which Verdi produced his four last operas. It examines each opera in detail, with an account of its dramatic and historical origins and a critical evaluation.