Verdi's a Masked Ball
Verdi's a Masked Ball

Author: Giuseppe Verdi

Publisher: Opera Journeys Publishing

Published: 2004-08

Total Pages: 104

ISBN-13: 0976103532

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A comprehensive guide to Verdi's A MASKED BALL, featuring insightful and in depth Commentary and Analysis, a complete, newly translated Libretto, with Italian/English side-by side, and over 30 music highlight examples.

Giuseppe Verdi's A Masked Ball
Giuseppe Verdi's A Masked Ball

Author: Giuseppe Verdi

Publisher: Opera Journeys Publishing

Published: 2004-08

Total Pages: 57

ISBN-13: 0976103524

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A newly translated Libretto featuring foreign language/English side-by-side, and music examples interspersed throughout the text.

Verdi's Middle Period
Verdi's Middle Period

Author: Martin Chusid

Publisher: University of Chicago Press

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 452

ISBN-13: 9780226106595

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During the middle phase of his career, 1849-1859, Verdi created some of his best-loved and most frequently performed operas, including Luisa Miller, Rigoletto, Il trovatore, La traviata, and Un ballo in maschera. This was also the period in which he wrote his first completely original French grand opera, Les Vepres siciliennes; the first version of Simon Boccanegra; and the intensely dramatic Stiffelio, until recent years the most neglected of all Verdi's mature works for the operatic stage. Featuring contributions from many of the most active Verdi scholars in the United States and Europe, Verdi's Middle Period explores the operas composed during this period from three interlinked perspectives: studies of the original source material, cross-disciplinary analyses of musical and textual issues, and the relationship of performance practice to Verdi's musical and dramatic conception. Both musicologists and serious opera buffs will enjoy this distinguished collection.

Verdi's Aida
Verdi's Aida

Author: Burton D. Fisher

Publisher: Opera Journeys Publishing

Published: 2001-08-15

Total Pages: 33

ISBN-13: 1102009431

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Rigoletto
Rigoletto

Author: Giuseppe Verdi

Publisher: Alma Books

Published: 2018-01-01

Total Pages: 83

ISBN-13: 071454499X

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The subject cannot fail!' exulted Verdi, when recommending Victor Hugo's play Le Roi s'amuse to his librettist. But the censors made every effort to stop it, and the baritone was not easily convinced that a hunchback role would suit him. Jonathan Keates gives a vivid insight into the composition of a masterpiece. Verdi long afterwards thought it his best work, and Roger Parker explains why. Peter Nichols, author of several bestselling books in Italy, picks out some of the peculiarly Italian attitudes and characters in the opera which make it timeless - and incredibly modern.Contents: Introduction, Jonathan Keates; Musical Commentary, Roger Parker; The Timelessness of 'Rigoletto', Peter Nichols; Rigoletto: Text by Francesco Maria Piave after Victor Hugo's 'Le Roi s'amuse'; Rigoletto: English translation by James Fenton

A Masked Ball
A Masked Ball

Author: Giuseppe Verdi

Publisher: Calder Publications Limited

Published: 1989

Total Pages: 102

ISBN-13:

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The English National Opera Guides were originally conceived in partnership with the English National Opera and edited by Nicholas John, the ENO's dramaturg, who died tragically in an accident in the Alps. Most of the guides are devoted to a single opera, which is described in detail--with many articles that cover its history and information about the composer and his times. The complete libretto is included in both the original language and in a modern singing translation--except where the opera was written in English. Each has a thematic guide to the most important musical themes in musical notation and each guide is lavishly illustrated. They also contain a bibliography and a discography which is updated at each reprint. The ENO guides are widely regarded as the best series of their kind and excellent value.