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  1. Early life at Bussetto
  2. Success and failure in Milan
  3. The journeyman
  4. Florence, London and Paris
  5. Return to Busseto
  6. Viva V.E.R.D.I.
  7. The new order
  8. The dark decade
  9. Indian Summer
  10. The last years
  11. Verdi as man and artist

The Music

  1. The background
  2. From Oberto to Ernani
  3. The prison years
  4. The high noon
  5. Towards grand opera
  6. The final masterpieces
  7. Miscellaneous operatic compostions
  8. Chamber compositions
  9. Choral and religious works
  • Calendar
  • List of works
  • Personalia
  • Select bibliography
  • Glossary of nineteenth-century operatic terms

Topics covered by this book

  1. Messa da Requiem (music) • p280 • Chapter 20: Choral and religious works
  2. Falstaff (drama) • p280 • Chapter 17: The final masterpieces
  3. Aroldo (drama) • p232 • Chapter 16: Towards grand opera
  4. Les vêpres siciliennes (drama) • p232 • Chapter 16: Towards grand opera
  5. Un ballo in maschera (drama) • p232 • Chapter 16: Towards grand opera
  6. Simon Boccanegra (drama) • p232 • Chapter 16: Towards grand opera
  7. La forza del destino (drama) • p232 • Chapter 16: Towards grand opera
  8. Don Carlos (drama) • p232 • Chapter 16: Towards grand opera
  9. Otello (drama) • p280 • Chapter 17: The final masterpieces
  10. Aida (drama) • p232 • Chapter 16: Towards grand opera
  11. Rigoletto (drama) • p210 • Chapter 15: The high noon
  12. Stiffelio (drama) • p210 • Chapter 15: The high noon
  13. Luisa Miller (drama) • p179 • Chapter 14: The prison years
  14. La battaglia di Legnano (drama) • p179 • Chapter 14: The prison years
  15. Il corsaro (drama) • p179 • Chapter 14: The prison years
  16. Jérusalem (drama) • p179 • Chapter 14: The prison years
  17. I masnadieri (drama) • p179 • Chapter 14: The prison years
  18. Macbeth (drama) • p179 • Chapter 14: The prison years
  19. Attila (drama) • p179 • Chapter 14: The prison years
  20. Alzira (drama) • p179 • Chapter 14: The prison years
  21. Giovanna d’Arco (drama) • p179 • Chapter 14: The prison years
  22. I due Foscari (drama) • p179 • Chapter 14: The prison years
  23. Ernani (drama) • p163 • Chapter 13: From Oberto to Ernani
  24. I Lombardi (drama) • p163 • Chapter 13: From Oberto to Ernani
  25. Nabucco (drama) • p163 • Chapter 13: From Oberto to Ernani
  26. Un giorno di regno (drama) • p163 • Chapter 13: From Oberto to Ernani
  27. Oberto (drama) • p163 • Chapter 13: From Oberto to Ernani
  28. Il trovatore (drama) • p210 • Chapter 15: The high noon
  29. La traviata (drama) • p210 • Chapter 15: The high noon
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