| Vincenzo Bellini: Norma Contributor(s): Kimbell, David R. B. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0521485142 ISBN-13: 9780521485142 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $24.69 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 1998 Annotation: An opera handbook on the popular and still performed opera Norma, by Vincenzo Bellini. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Music | Genres & Styles - Opera - Music | Individual Composer & Musician |
| Dewey: 782.1 |
| LCCN: 97032615 |
| Series: Cambridge Opera Handbooks |
| Physical Information: 0.34" H x 5.34" W x 8.42" (0.42 lbs) 156 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Norma is considered one of the finest of the ten operas composed during Vincenzo Bellini's short career, representing his genius more comprehensively than is usually the case with any single work by an operatic composer. This handbook provides the biographical and cultural context of the opera. It gives a full synopsis and an examination of the music and poetry, which is rooted in the aesthetics of early 19th-century Italian opera. Professor Kimbell suggests something of the impression Norma has made on our imaginations and sensibilities in the 165 years since it was first produced in Milan in December 1831. He considers the great interpretations of the eponymous leading role. His discussion also embraces Bellini's work more generally by presenting some of the critical reactions to his music. |