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Verdi in the Age of Italian Romanticism

1982; Music Library Association; Volume: 38; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.2307/939981

1534-150X

William C. Holmes, David Kimbell,

Theater, Performance, and Music History

Preface Part I. The Setting: 1. Verdi's Italy 2. Theatrical censorship 3. The operatic experience 4. Dramatic principles and musical form in early ottocento opera Part II. A Documentary History of the Early Operas: 5. Launching a career 6. The genesis of an opera - Ernani 7. Two overcrowded years 8. Verdi the idealist - the Florence Macbeth 9. Opera as a business 10. Collaboration with Cammarano 11. Bouts with the censor 12. Giuseppina's operas - Il Trovatore and La Traviata Part III. The Development of Verdi's Musical Language: 13. The first operas - Oberto and Un Giorno di Regno 14. Italian grand opera - Nabucco and I Lombardi alla Prima Crociata 15. The early 'galley' operas - Ernani to Attila 16. Macbeth and its satellites 17. Verdi a la parisienne - Jerusalem and La Battaglia di Legnano 18. Luisa Miller and Stiffelio 19. 'The popular trilogy' - Rigoletto, Il Trovatore, La Traviata Part IV. The Operas: 20. Nabucco, a risorgimento opera 21. Verdi and French Romanticism - Ernani 22. Byronismo - I Due Foscari and Il Corsaro 23. The impact of Shakespeare - the Florence Macbeth 24. La Battaglia di Legnano - the opera of the revolution 25. Essays with Schiller 26. The originality of Rigoletto 27. Verdi and 'realism' - La Traviata Notes Bibliography Index.