The Complete Operas of Verdi

Download or read book The Complete Operas of Verdi written by Charles Osborne and published by Knopf Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 1970 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first full-length study of all of Verdi's operas. This work of the British music critic Charles Osborne covers Verdi's complete operatic oeuvre--including the missing choral works, songs, a string quartet, and the Messa da Requiem. The operas of Shakespeare's Falstaff and Othello show how the legendary composer added both depth and dignity to the Italian operatic repertoire. In this volume, every Verdi opera is explored from four points of view: 1) Verdi's life at the time each was written; 2) the story, and the way it links with the music; 3) the libretto and librettist, and Verdi's relations with his publishers; 4) and the music itself, analyzed with examples from the score.