Parker Leonora's Last Act

Essays in Verdian Discourse
1. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-1-4008-6668-7
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 208 Seiten

Reihe: Princeton Studies in Opera

ParkerRoger:

Roger Parker is Professor of Music and Fellow of St. Hugh's College, Oxford. He is the founding coeditor of the Cambridge Opera Journal and the Donizetti Critical Edition, and the author of several books and articles on nineteenth-century Italian opera. He is the coeditor, with Arthur Groos, of Reading Opera (Princeton).Roger Parker is Professor of Music and Fellow of St. Hugh's College, Oxford. He is the founding coeditor of the Cambridge Opera Journal and the Donizetti Critical Edition, and the author of several books and articles on nineteenth-century Italian opera. He is the coeditor, with Arthur Groos, of Reading Opera (Princeton).

Autoren/Hrsg.

Parker, Roger L.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Musikwissenschaft Musikgattungen Opernmusik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments

Ch. 1 On Reaching the Beguiled Shore 3

Ch. 2 "Va pensiero" and the Insidious Mastery of Song 20

Ch. 3 "Insolite forme," or Basevi's Garden Path 42

Ch. 4 Leonora's Last Act: La forza del destino 61

Ch. 5 Falstaff and Verdi's Final Narratives 100

Ch. 6 Reading the livrets, or the Chimera of "Authentic" Staging 126

Ch. 7 Lina Kneels; Gilda Sings 149

Ch. 8 Leonora's Last Act: Il trovatore 168

Über Autor(innen)

Roger Parker is Professor of Music and Fellow of St. Hugh's College, Oxford. He is the founding coeditor of the Cambridge Opera Journal and the Donizetti Critical Edition, and the author of several books and articles on nineteenth-century Italian opera. He is the coeditor, with Arthur Groos, of Reading Opera (Princeton).