Cambridge Verdi Encyclopedia

List of contents

Preface and acknowledgements; Guide to using the Encyclopedia; A-Z general entries; Appendix A. Worklist; Appendix B. Opera casts/characters tables; Appendix B1. Role creators/roles/operas; Appendix B2. Roles/operas/role creators; Appendix B3. Operas/roles/role creators; Appendix C. Chronology of Verdi's life; Bibliography and further reading.

About the author

Roberta Montemorra Marvin is co-editor of several books, most recently Music in Print and Beyond: Hildegard von Bingen to The Beatles (forthcoming) and Fashions and Legacies of Nineteenth-Century Italian Opera (2010). She is author of Verdi the Student – Verdi the Teacher (2010), Verdi and the Victorians (forthcoming) and The Politics of Verdi's 'Cantica' (forthcoming). Her scholarship focuses on issues of social history, text criticism, reception history, censorship and performance practices, related to the works of Verdi and Rossini. Marvin has edited two volumes in the critical edition of Verdi's works. She has received prestigious fellowships from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Bogliasco Foundation, the Howard Foundation, the US Fulbright Commission and the American Philosophical Society. She serves on the faculty of the University of Iowa.

Summary

A fascinating and comprehensive resource for information on Verdi's works, his life and career, and his cultural influence. The Encyclopedia reflects the very latest scholarship, presented by an international array of experts, and will have a broad appeal for opera lovers, students and scholars.

Product details

• Authors: EDITED BY ROBERTA MO, Professor Roberta Montemorra Marvin
• Assisted by: Professor Roberta Montemorra Marvin (Editor), Roberta Montemorra Marvin (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.04.2020
• EAN: 9781108814140
• ISBN: 978-1-108-81414-0
• No. of pages: 617
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Music > General, dictionaries; Europe, Individual composers & musicians, specific bands & groups, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Opera, Italy, Opera, c 1800 to c 1900, Musical scores, lyrics & libretti, Western "classical" music