The life of Verdi
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The life of Verdi
(Musical lives)
Cambridge University Press, 2000
- : pbk.
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  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
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  Nagano
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  Kyoto
  Osaka
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Verdi's long life spanned Napoleonic rule and the age of broadcasting. He was the last great composer to give direct voice to basic human emotions yet he was not always as straightforward as the directness of his work suggests: he was neither the uneducated peasant he claimed to be nor the conservative nationalist he seemed to become in his later years. In this biography, John Rosselli traces the life and work of a boldly innovative artist. He investigates Verdi's businesslike running of a landed estate as well as a highly successful career, and looks into his complex relationships - still not quite clear - with two women singers: his second wife Giuseppina Strepponi and his probable lover Teresa Stolz. At the same time he considers the music with clarity and insight, dwelling on the most important operas and showing us why they still fill theatres and rouse enthusiasm today.
Table of Contents
- Introduction: truth and theatre
- 1. The innkeeper's son, 1813-1842: Oberto to Nabucco
- 2. The galley slave, 1842-1847: Nabucco to Macbeth
- 3. Turning-points, 1847-49: I masnadieri to La battaglia di Legnano
- 4. The people's composer, 1849-1859: Luisa Miller to Un ballo in maschera
- 5. Complications, 1859-1872: La forza del destino, Don Carlos, and Aida
- 6. Evergreen, 1872-1901: the Requiem, Othello and Falstaff.
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