Verdi's Theater - Creating Drama through Music

Summary

Focuses on a neglected aspect of Verdi's operas: their effectiveness as theatre. This text argues that two main aesthetic conceptions underlie all of Verdi's works - that of the "melodrama", which dominates Verdi's early work, and the "musical drama", which is dominant in his later work.

Product details

• Authors: Gilles de Van
• Assisted by: Gilda Roberts (Translation)
• Publisher: University Presses
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.09.1998
• EAN: 9780226143705
• ISBN: 978-0-226-14370-5
• No. of pages: 434
• Dimensions: 15 mm x 23 mm x 2 mm
• Weight: 567 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Music > Monographs; MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Classical, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Opera, Italy, Opera, Romanticism, Romantic Music (C 1830 To C 1900), Art music, orchestral and formal music