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Giuseppe Verdi
Rigoletto - English National Opera Guide 15
by Giuseppe Verdi
Synopsis
Each Opera Guide contains the complete text of an opera in the original, with a parallel English translation, introductory essays, numerous musical examples and illustrations.
'The subject cannot fail!' exulted Verdi, when recommending Victor Hugo's play, Le Roi s'amuse, to his librettist.
But the censors made every effort to stop it... and the baritone was not easily convinced that a hunchback role would suit him.
Jonathan Keates gives a vivid insight into the composition of a masterpiece.
Verdi long afterwards thought it was his best work, and Roger Parker explains why.
Peter Nichols, author of several best-selling books in Italy, picks out some of the peculiarly Italian attitudes and characters in the opera which make it timeless and unnervingly modern.
Publication
Publisher John Calder Publications
Year 2011
Binding Paperback
Pages 82
Language English
ISBN-13 9780714544182
ISBN-10 0714544183
Rigoletto - English National Opera Guide 15 is a play written by Giuseppe Verdi and published by John Calder Publications (2011).
Digital editions available on Amazon Kindle .
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