Laughter Between Two Revolutions - Opera Buffa in Italy, 1831-1848

Tells the forgotten story of post-Rossinian opera buffa, with attention to masterpieces by Donizetti and fascinating comic works by Luigi Ricci, the young Verdi, and other composers.

List of contents

Introduction
Opera Buffa in 1832: Il nuovo Figaro and L'elisir d'amore
The Ricci Supremacy and the Celebration of Italian Comedy: Un'avventura di Scaramuccia (1834)
Old Librettos Revisited: Gaetano Rossi and Luigi Ricci's Le nozze di Figaro (1838) and Other Remakes
Genre in Gaetano Donizetti's Don Pasquale (1843)
Genre in Giovanni Peruzzini and Lauro Rossi's Il borgomastro di Schiedam (1844)
"Evviva la Francia"? Nationality, Censorship, and Donizetti's La figlia del reggimento (1840)
Conclusion: The Ricci Legacy, Crispino e la comare (1850), and Post-1848 Opera Buffa
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Index

About the author

Francesco Izzo

Product details

• Authors: Francesco Izzo
• Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.12.2013
• EAN: 9781580462938
• ISBN: 978-1-58046-293-8
• No. of pages: 318
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 236 mm x 30 mm
• Weight: 593 g
• Series: Eastman Studies in Music; Eastman Studies in Music
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Music > General, dictionaries