Verdi's Theater

Gilles de Van

The University of Chicago Press, 1998

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Focuses on a neglected aspect of Verdi's operas: their effectiveness as theatre. This text argues that two main aesthetic conceptions underlie all of Verdi's works - that of the "melodrama", which dominates Verdi's early work, and the "musical drama", which is dominant in his later work.

ISBN-13
9780226143705
ISBN-10
0226143708
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press
Year
1998
Publication date
1998-09-15
Pages
434
Dimensions
230x154x25
Weight
584