Verdi-Boito Correspondence

Häftad, Engelska, 2015

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Beskrivning

The Verdi-Boito Correspondence presents 301 letters between Giuseppe Verdi and his last, most gifted librettist, Arrigo Boito. Documenting an extraordinary chapter in musical history, this definitive English edition of the landmark Carteggio Verdi/Boito features an introduction by Marcello Conati, improvements and updatings to the original edition, an appendix of undated correspondence, and a short closing sketch of Boito's life after the death of his beloved maestro. With a fascinating glimpse of the daily life of European art and artists during the fertile last decades of the nineteenth century, this book is a valuable resource for anyone passionate about opera.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2015-09-22
Mått:16 x 23 x 3 mm
Vikt:652 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:384
Förlag:The University of Chicago Press
ISBN:9780226273891
Översättare:William Weaver

Utforska kategorier

Tonsättare och låtskrivare inom Kultur
Opera inom Kultur
Musiker, sångare och grupper inom Kultur

Mer om författaren

Marcello Conati is one of the world's leading Verdi scholars. Mario Medici was founder and first director of the Istituto Nazionale di Studi Verdiani in Parma. William Weaver (1923-2013) was the award-winning translator of Pirandello, Calvino, and Eco. In addition to translations of Verdi librettos, he published Verdi: A Documentary Study and coedited The Verdi Companion.

Recensioner i media

"Verdi, who had previously considered librettists good only for translating into verse dramatic outlines he had already created, learned to work with an equal; Boito was a superb poet, passionately devoted to the renewal of the musical theater, who had to be treated as a peer, not a subordinate. The letters, stuffed with fascinating detail, catch the two titans in the process of creating the revised Simon Boccanegra, then Otello and Falstaff; sections of text, structural and musical ideas, even production concepts fly back and forth between Milan and Sant'Agata.... A must-have for every music lover's shelf." (Kirkus) "Opera lovers will be pleased." (Publishers Weekly)