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Verdi, Opera, Women.
Susan Rutherford explores Verdi's operas in the context of women's social, cultural and political history in nineteenth-century Italy.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge :
Cambridge University Press,
2013.
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| Colección: | Cambridge studies in opera.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Verdi, Opera, Women; Series; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Music examples; Acknowledgements; Prologue: Verdi and his audience; The audience sings Verdi; Spectators; 1 War; Opera and politics; Le ispiratrici; Le salvatrici; Le guerriere; 2 Prayer; Verdi and religion; I Lombardi alla prima crociata; La forza del destino; Otello; Singers and nuns; 3 Romance; 'Sogno divin!'; 4 Sexuality; Rape; Prostitution; Listening to the body; 5 Marriage; Erring wives; Motherhood; 6 Death; The experience of death; The public death: Giovanna d'Arco; The delayed 'happy ending': Luisa Miller.
- The private death: Gilda and RigolettoDeath by disease: Violetta and La traviata; Lovers' deaths: La forza del destino and Aida; Otello; 7 Laughter; La donna nuova; Falstaff; Notes; Prologue; 1 War; 2 Prayer; 3 Romance; 4 Sexuality; 5 Marriage; 6 Death; 7 Laughter; Bibliography; Journals and newspapers; Anonymous works; Books and articles; Index.