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Vincenzo Bellini - Norma

English · Paperback / Softback

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An opera handbook on the popular and still performed opera Norma, by Vincenzo Bellini.

List of contents










1. The composition of the opera; 2. Medea - Velleda - Norma: Romani's sources; 3. Synopsis and musical frame; 4. Music and poetry; 5. A glimpse of the genesis of the opera; 6. Some variant readings; 7. Contemporary reactions to Norma; 8. Critical fortunes since the unification of Italy; 9. Five prima donnas: contributions to a performance history.

Summary

Norma is by common consent the finest of the ten operas composed during Vincenzo Bellini's short career. In this 1998 book, Professor Kimbell provides the biographical and cultural context of the opera, examines its artistic qualities and suggests something of the impression Norma has made since it was first produced.

Product details

Authors David Kimbell, David R. B. Kimbell, David R. B. (University of Edinburgh) Kimbell
Assisted by Richard Wagner (Editor)
Publisher Cambridge University Press
 
Languages English
Product format Paperback / Softback
Released 11.02.2011
 
EAN 9780521485142
ISBN 978-0-521-48514-2
No. of pages 156
Dimensions 140 mm x 216 mm x 9 mm
Weight 206 g
Series Cambridge Opera Handbooks
Subject Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet

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