Ebook: The Operas of Giuseppe Verdi
Author: Basevi Abramo, Castelvecchi Stefano
- Genre: Art // Music
- Tags: Verdi Giuseppe -- 1813-1901 -- Operas, Operas (Verdi Giuseppe), Music, Opera, History and Criticism
- Year: 2013
- Publisher: University of Chicago Press
- City: Chicago
- Language: English
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Abramo Basevi published his study of Verdi's operas in Florence in 1859, in the middle of the composer's career. It covers the twenty works produced between 1842 and 1857 - from 'Nabucco' and 'Macbeth' to 'Il Trovatore', La Traviata', and 'Aroldo'. But while the Basevi work is still widely cited and discussed - and nowhere more so than in the English-speaking world - no translation of the entire volume has Read more...