Giuseppe Verdi
The Cambridge Companion to Verdi
Personal, cultural and political context Verdi’s life: a thematic biography Mary Jane Phillips-Matz The Italian theatre of Verdi’s day Alessandro Roccatagliati Verdi, Italian Romanticism, and the Risorgimento Mary Ann Smart The style of Verdi’s operas and non-operatic works The forms of set pieces Scott L. Balthazar New currents in the libretto Fabrizio Della Seta Words …
Verdi’s Theater
Verdi, Dramatist Aesthetics Working on the Libretto Melodrama Metamorphoses I Metamorphoses II Music Drama Unity
A Song of Love and Death
Preface Rite Orpheus Dionysus Eros Mephistopheles Dagon Repertory Classical Opera Mozart Romantic Opera Beethoven and Political Opera Berlioz and Historical Opera Verdi Wagner Realism and Puccini Wagnerism and Strauss Past and Present Performance Phantoms of the Opera The Met and the Metropolis Opera in a Garden New Theaters Drama Against Music After the Revolution, and …
The Chronicle of Opera
Introduction 1589-1761: Baroque Opera 1589-1634: The New Art 1635-1646: Opera in Venice 1647-1677: Italian Opera Reaches Paris 1678-1702: France, Germany, Paris 1703-1731: The Second Century of Opera 1717-1731: Prima Donnas and Castrati 1732-1739: The Seeds of Change 1740-1761: The Death of Handel 1762-1850: Classical and Romantic Opera 1762-1775: Opera is Reborn 1776-1780: Melodrama and Singspiel …
Wie viel Musik braucht der Mensch?
Eine Art Vorwort Meine Treffen mit Verdi Giuseppe e Sylvia: Eine Begegnung Giuseppe Verdis mit der Dichterin Sylvia Plath Mozart – der größte Irrtum der Natur Mozart – das irdischte Kind Schumann, Schubert und ihr Schatten Schumann, Schubert und der Schnee Das Wagnerfestival in Altaussee Besuch in Bayreuth 2007 Der verborgene Traum des Alexander Zemlinsky …