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Alzira : tragedia lyrica in three acts = tragedia lyrica in tre atti

by Salvatore Cammarano ; [musica di] Giuseppe Verdi ; edited by Stefano Castelvecchi ; with the collaboration of Jonathan Cheskin

(The works of Giuseppe Verdi = Le opere di Giuseppe Verdi / editorial board, Philip Gossett ... [et al.], Ser. 1 . Operas ; vol. 8)

University of Chicago Press, 1994 , Ricordi

  • : set. Univ. of Chicago Press
  • : set. G. Ricordi
  • [Score]
  • [Critical commentary]

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Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901 -- Alzira

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Note

Italian words; introd. in English and Italian, critical commentary in English

Based on Voltaire's "Alzire"

Edited principally from the holograph in the archives of Casa Ricordi, Milan

Includes bibliographical references

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Alzira is the seventh work and the sixth opera to be published in the critical edition of "The Works of Giuseppe Verdi". Composed during the middle of the very productive period of Verdi's first large-scale successes, Alzira premiered at Naples on August 12, 1845. Cammarano's libretto is based on a play of Voltaire, who used a real incident in 16th-century Peru during the Spanish conquest to shape a critique of the morality of the noble savage as against Christian values. The inherent conflicts and exotic setting appealed to Verdi's dramatic sense, and in its best moments the music of Alzira fully realizes his potential as a masterful composer for the theater. Because the success of the premiere was not repeated, Alzira fell out of the repertory and no orchestral score was ever published. This critical edition, based on Verdi's autograph score and important secondary sources, provides a full score of the work. It is complemented by an introduction tracing the opera's genesis, sources and performance history and practices. Together with the detailed critical commentary, discussing problems and ambiguities in the sources, this edition provides scholars and performers alike with a means for interpretation and study of this poorly known work.

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  • NCID
    BA25579539
  • ISBN
    • 0226853144
    • 8875921164
  • Country Code
    us
  • Title Language Code
    ger
  • Text Language Code
    ita
  • Place of Publication
    Chicago,Milano
  • Pages/Volumes
    2 v. (1 score (xlii, 420 p.) , 5 facsims
  • Size
    36 cm.
  • Attached Material
    critical commentary (147 p. : music ; 25 cm.))
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