Verdi : Being a Short Life of Verdi, with Letters Written about Milan and the New Opera of Othello
Book Details
Format
Paperback / Softback
Book Series
Cambridge Library Collection - Music
ISBN-10
1108059635
ISBN-13
9781108059633
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Imprint
Cambridge University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jun 6th, 2013
Print length
298 Pages
Weight
382 grams
Dimensions
21.40 x 13.80 x 2.10 cms
Product Classification:
Classical music (c 1750 to c 1830)Art music, orchestral and formal music
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First published in 1887, this engaging collection of notes, anecdotes and newspaper dispatches about Verdi and Milan's artistic scene was prepared by American author and former opera singer Blanche Roosevelt (1853–98) in the weeks surrounding the premiere of the composer's much-anticipated opera Otello at La Scala.
The premiere of Otello, Giuseppe Verdi's only new opera for over a decade, was a much-anticipated event in Milan in February 1887, and musical talents from all over Europe had vied for the chance to be part of it. An American author and former opera singer, Blanche Roosevelt (1853–98) took an assignment as a special correspondent in Milan during the weeks surrounding the opera's premiere at La Scala. She was well connected in the artistic community and personally acquainted with Verdi himself, and her dispatches paint an informed and vivid picture of the city and its musical and literary scene in the late 1880s. Published in 1887, along with a short biography of Verdi, anecdotes, illustrations, and reminiscences of conversations with the composer, these writings will appeal to both music scholars and opera lovers.
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