Verdi's theater: creating drama through music
Auteur :
de Van, Gilles
Éditeur :
The University of Chicago Press
ISBN :
9780226143705
Date de publication :
15 sept. 1998
Dimensions :
2,3 x 1,5 x 0,2 cm
Poids :
567 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
Focuses on a neglected aspect of Verdi's operas: their effectiveness as theatre. This text argues that two main aesthetic conceptions underlie all of Verdi's works - that of the "melodrama", which dominates Verdi's early work, and the "musical drama", which is dominant in his later work.