Giuseppe Verdi: Otello

Klappentext This book provides opera enthusiasts! performers! students and scholars alike with an up-to-date guide to the compositional history and structure of Verdi's Otello. Zusammenfassung Both a reliable summary of what is currently known about Otello and an interpretation of the significance of the work within Verdi's career. There is a detailed synopsis! an analysis of how the opera was actually written and the book concludes with a study of the opera as a work of Shakespearean adaptation. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Synopsis; 2. Creating the libretto: Verdi and Boito in collaboration; 3. The composition of the opera; 4. Compositional afterthoughts and revisions: Milan, Venice and Paris; 5. Of singers and staging: Verdi's ideas on performance; 6. A brief performance history William Ashbrook; 7. An introduction to the musical organization: the structures of Act II; 8. Shakespeare reinterpreted.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: James A. Hepokoski
• Con la collaborazione di: James A. Hepokoski (Editore)
• Editore: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 18.06.1987
• EAN: 9780521277495
• ISBN: 978-0-521-27749-5
• Pagine: 224
• Serie: Cambridge Opera Handbooks; Cambridge Opera Handbooks
• Categoria: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Musica > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie