The Life of Verdi

Klappentext

Relates the life of a boldly innovative composer whose operas still fill theatres today.

Zusammenfassung
Verdi's life spanned Napoleonic rule and the age of broadcasting. In this biography, John Rosselli considers a boldly innovative artist, offering novel insights into operas which still fill theatres today. He investigates Verdi's businesslike running of a highly successful career, and his complex relationships with two women singers.

Inhalt

Introduction: truth and theatre; 1. The innkeeper's son, 181342: Oberto to Nabucco; 2. The galley slave, 184247: Nabucco to Macbeth; 3. Turning-points, 1847: I masnadieri to La battaglia di Legnano; 4. The people's composer, 184959: Luisa Miller to Un ballo in maschera; 5. Complications, 185972: La forza del destino, Don Carlos, and Aida; 6. Evergreen, 187201: the Requiem, Othello and Falstaff.