| Giuseppe Verdi: Falstaff Contributor(s): Hepokoski, James a. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0521280168 ISBN-13: 9780521280167 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $24.69 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 1984 Annotation: This book provides opera enthusiasts, performers, students and scholars alike with an up-to-date guide to the compositional history and structure of Verdi's Falstaff. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Music | Genres & Styles - Opera - Biography & Autobiography | Music |
| Dewey: 782.109 |
| LCCN: 82023493 |
| Series: Cambridge Opera Handbooks |
| Physical Information: 0.49" H x 5.42" W x 8.46" (0.59 lbs) 192 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book is a compact, up-to-date guide to the history and construction of Verdi's last - and possibly greatest - opera. Incorporating the findings of the most recent research, it provides performers, opera enthusiasts, students and scholars alike with a reliable summary of what is currently known about the work. The book gives a full synopsis of the plot and a detailed account both of Verdi's aims in composing the opera and of how he actually composed it: which portions were difficult for him, which he considered crucial, which were afterthoughts, etc. Special attention is given to separating the three versions of Falstaff that Verdi approved - versions that are still confused in almost all performances today. Professor Hepokoski also supplies extensive discussions of Boito's derivation of the plot and text from Shakespeare (and others); of the musical technique and structure of Falstaff; and of Verdi's own guidelines for interpretation, staging and singing. A guide to critical assessments of the opera illustrates the widely differing receptions the opera has had in the twentieth century, and a concluding essay by Graham Bradshaw discusses Shakespearean aspects of both Otello and Falstaff. The book contains a bibliography, a discography (by Malcolm Walker), illustrations of the original stage designs and costumes, and extensive musical examples. |