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Un ballo in maschera (A Masked Ball): English National Opera Guide 40 (Opera Guides)
Giuseppe Verdi
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Description for Un ballo in maschera (A Masked Ball): English National Opera Guide 40 (Opera Guides)
Paperback. Editor(s): Nicholas, John. Num Pages: 96 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGC9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 6. Weight in Grams: 144.
'See how the drama is turned into laughter,' comment the chorus, as they witness the destruction of a marriage and a friendship. Here Pierluigi Petrobelli shows how the irony woven into the tragedy (which strikes listeners today as so modern) results from the meeting of French and Italian operatic traditions. Is this really a ridiculous libretto irredeemably mangled by a censorship which demanded that Enlightenment Sweden had to become seventeenth-century Boston? Or is it Verdi's finest achievement, with its perfectly symmetrical drama and beautiful variety? Since it dates from a time when Verdi and his librettist were actively drafting an ... Read more
'See how the drama is turned into laughter,' comment the chorus, as they witness the destruction of a marriage and a friendship. Here Pierluigi Petrobelli shows how the irony woven into the tragedy (which strikes listeners today as so modern) results from the meeting of French and Italian operatic traditions. Is this really a ridiculous libretto irredeemably mangled by a censorship which demanded that Enlightenment Sweden had to become seventeenth-century Boston? Or is it Verdi's finest achievement, with its perfectly symmetrical drama and beautiful variety? Since it dates from a time when Verdi and his librettist were actively drafting an ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oneworld Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
Number of Pages
96
Place of Publication
Richmond, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780714544410
SKU
V9780714544410
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About Giuseppe Verdi
Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901) is one of Italy's most celebrated opera composers. His best-known operas include Rigoletto, Il trovatore, La traviata and Aida.
Reviews for Un ballo in maschera (A Masked Ball): English National Opera Guide 40 (Opera Guides)
Brilliantly produced and superb value.'
Sunday Times
All these will provide the new opera-goer with food for thought.'
Daily Telegraph
Wholehearted recommendation of this valuable new series.'
TLS
Sunday Times
All these will provide the new opera-goer with food for thought.'
Daily Telegraph
Wholehearted recommendation of this valuable new series.'
TLS