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Giuseppe Verdi: Falstaff (Cambridge Opera Handbooks) Book

A guide to the history and construction of Verdi's last and possibly greatest opera. Examines Verdi's own guidelines for the opera's staging, singing and interpretation. Includes a summary of the current research about the opera, a bibliography, discography, and many illustrations.Read More

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    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.

  • 0521235340
  • 9780521235341
  • James A. Hepokoski
  • 10 November 1983
  • Cambridge University Press
  • Hardcover (Book)
  • 192
  • illustrated edition
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