The Operas of Verdi: Volume 2: From Il Trovatore to La Forza del Destino / Edition 2

by Julian Budden

Overview

Volume Two covers those works written during the decadence of the post-Rossini period. During this time, Verdi, having exhausted the vein of simple lyricism to be found in Il Trovatore and La Traviata, achieved self-renewal in direct confrontation with the masters of the Paris Opera with his Les Vêpres Siciliennes. A new scale and variety of musical thought can be sensed in the Italian operas that follow, culminating in La Forza del Destino.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780198162629
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	09/03/1992
Series:	Clarendon Paperbacks
Edition description:	REV
Pages:	542
Product dimensions:	9.30(w) x 6.12(h) x 1.19(d)