Title: Verdi
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.
Subjects: Music appreciation, Analysis, appreciation, Operas, Vocal music, Opera, Choral music, Verdi, giuseppe, 1813-1901, Musicians, biography
People: Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901)
Time periods: 19th century