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9780393008524
Seven Verdi Librettos With the Original Italian
by Verdi, Giuseppe, Weaver, William
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- ISBN-13: 9780393008524
- ISBN: 0393008525
- Publication Date: 1977
- Publisher: W W Norton & Co Inc
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The listener, to understand the opera fully, should understand the situations, the shades of emotion, the nuances of characterization described in the music. William Weaver's translations of seven of the greatest Verdi operas are designed for maximum fidelity to the immediate word. Eschewing artistic renderings, Mr. Weaver offers, on facing pages, exact translations and the corresponding Italian text. The operas chosen for this edition represent Verdi's major achievements in each of the significant periods of his creative life: the first trio of masterpieces, Rigoletto , Il Trovatore , and La Traviata ; Un ballo in maschera and Aida from the middle period; Otello and Falstaff , the great late works. The music student as well as the opera buff will find this volume a very useful guide to Verdi's world.Verdi, Giuseppe is the author of 'Seven Verdi Librettos With the Original Italian', published 1977 under ISBN 9780393008524 and ISBN 0393008525.
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