Introduction
Introduction
This book presents chapters that explore the concept and history of opera. It discusses the identification of what generates the dramatic conflict, attempts at a taxonomic segmentation of dramatico-musical text, and identification of the function of a stylistic category such as exoticism or of a codified topos. The chapter also discusses Verdi and his contemporaries, and the history of Verdian criticism.
Keywords: opera, dramatic conflict, dramatico-musical texts, verdi, verdian criticism
Chicago Scholarship Online requires a subscription or purchase to access the full text of books within the service. Public users can however freely search the site and view the abstracts and keywords for each book and chapter.
Please, subscribe or login to access full text content.
If you think you should have access to this title, please contact your librarian.
To troubleshoot, please check our FAQs, and if you can't find the answer there, please contact us.
