Verdi's Theater
Author: Gilles de Van
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 1998-09-15
Total Pages: 444
ISBN-13: 9780226143705
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBut in the musical drama reality begins to blur, the musical forms lose their excessively neat patterns, and doubt and ambiguity undermine characters and situations, reflecting the crisis of character typical of modernity. Indeed, much of the interest and originality of Verdi's operas lie in his adherence to both these contradictory systems, allowing the composer/dramatist to be simultaneously classical and modern, traditionalist and innovator.