Verdi
Subtitle: the operas and choral works
By: Victor Lederer
Series: Unlocking the masters series -- no. 26; Unlocking the masters series -- no. 26.
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 247
ISBN-13: 9781574674408
Subjects: Music appreciation; Analysis, appreciation; Operas; Vocal music
Description: Lederer surveys each of the master's 28 operas and his greatest choral pieces, showing Verdi's growth as a musical dramatist--he would revolutionize the hidebound conventions of 19th-century Italian opera--and his single-minded pursuit of dramatic truth.
Notes: Companion CD contains 19 recordings of compositions discussed in the text.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-244).
Table of contents: title: Verdi and the culmination of Italian opera; title: Verdi's life and character; title: The major early operas : Nabucco, Ernani, and Macbeth; title: The "galley" operas; title: The transition to the middle period : Luisa Miller and Stiffelio; Aroldo; title: The big three of the middle period : Rigoletto, Il trovatore, and La traviata; title: Broadening the scope : I vespri siciliani and Un ballo in maschera; title: The late middle period : La forza del destino and Simon Boccanegra; title: Choral works : the Manzoni Requiem and the Quattro pezzi sacri; title: The great political tragedy : Don Carlo; title: A farewell to grand opera : Aida; title: Shakespearean tragedy : Otello; title: Shakespearean comedy : Falstaff; title: Listening to Verdi.