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The Operas of Giuseppe Verdi

Abramo Basevi and Stefano Castelvecchi

Abstract

Abramo Basevi published his study of Verdi's operas in Florence in 1859, in the middle of the composer's career. The first thorough, systematic examination of Verdi's operas, it covered the twenty works produced between 1842 and 1857—from Nabucco and Macbeth to Il trovatore, La traviata, and Aroldo. But while the Basevi's work is still widely cited and discussed—and nowhere more so than in the English-speaking world—no translation of the entire volume has previously been available. This book aims to provide a critical apparatus and commentary on Basevi's work. As a contemporary of Verdi and a ... More

Keywords: Verdi's operas, Florence, composer, Nabucco, Macbeth, Il trovatore, La traviata, Aroldo, operatic culture, music criticism

Bibliographic Information

Print publication date: 2014 Print ISBN-13: 9780226094915
Published to Chicago Scholarship Online: September 2014 DOI:10.7208/chicago/9780226095073.001.0001

Authors

Affiliations are at time of print publication.

Abramo Basevi, author

Stefano Castelvecchi, editor

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Front Matter

Title Pages

Frontispiece

Dedication

Editor’s Introduction

Glossary

Editorial Note

Bibliographic Abbreviations

Acknowledgments

Preface

1 Nabucodonosor

Abramo Basevi

2 I Lombardi Alla Prima Crociata

Abramo Basevi

3 Ernani

Abramo Basevi

4 I Due Foscari

Abramo Basevi

5 Giovanna D’Arco

Abramo Basevi

6 Alzira

Abramo Basevi

7 Attila

Abramo Basevi

8 Macbeth

Abramo Basevi

9 I Masnadieri

Abramo Basevi

10 Jérusalem

Abramo Basevi

11 Il Corsaro

Abramo Basevi

12 La Battaglia Di Legnano

Abramo Basevi

13 Luisa Miller

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14 Stiffelio

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15 Rigoletto

Abramo Basevi

16 Il Trovatore

Abramo Basevi

17 La Traviata

Abramo Basevi

18 Giovanna De Guzman (Les Vêpres Siciliennes)

Abramo Basevi

19 Simon Boccanegra

Abramo Basevi

20 Aroldo

Abramo Basevi

Conclusion

Abramo Basevi

End Matter

Index