Waiting for Verdi : Opera and Political Opinion in Nineteenth-Century Italy, 1815-1848 /

"The name Giuseppe Verdi conjures images of Italians singing opera in the streets and bursting into song at political protests, or even while facing the firing squad. Whereas many of those stories were exaggerated or even invented by later generations, opera--by Verdi, but also by Rossini, Doni...

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Smart, Mary Ann (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2018]
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Verdi, Giuseppe, > 1813-1901.
Verdi, Giuseppe, > 1813-1901 > Criticism and interpretation.
Verdi, Giuseppe, > 1813-1901 > Influence.
Opera > Political aspects.
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
MUSIC > Genres & Styles > Opera.
MUSIC > Printed Music > Vocal.
MUSIC > Lyrics.
MUSIC > Instruction & Study > Voice.
Opera > Political aspects > France > Paris > 19th century.
Opera > Political aspects > Italy > 19th century.
Italy.
France > Paris.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Risorgimento fantasies
  • Accidental affinities: Gioachino Rossini and Salvatore Vigan?
  • Elizabeth I, Mary Stuart, and the limits of allegory
  • Reading Mazzini's Filosofia della musica with Byron and Donizetti
  • Parlor games
  • Progress, piety, and plagiarism: Verdi's I lombardi at La Scala
  • Conclusion.

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