The Operas of Verdi: Volume 2: From Il Trovatore to La Forza del destino: From "Il Trovatore" to "La Forza Del Destino" Vol 2 (Clarendon Paperbacks)

by ThelateJulianBudden (Author), Julian Budden (Author)

• New

  Paperback
  1992

  $67.66

  The second part of a three-volume survey of the operas of Verdi, this study covers those works written during the decadence of the post-Rossinni period. It examines each opera in detail, with an account of its dramatic and historical origins and a critical evaluation.

• New

  Paperback
  1992

  $64.45

  This is the first volume of Julian Budden's monumental three-volume survey of the operas of Verdi. Hailed on publication for its extraordinary comprehensibility, the set has become the classic reference work on its subject. For this new edition the author has made a host of corrections throughout, and updated the text in the light of recent scholarship. Volume I traces the organic growth and development of the composer's style from 1839 to 1851 - from the first opera, Oberto, to the seventeenth, Rigoletto. Budden examines each opera in detail with a full account of its dramatic and historical origins and a brief critical evaluation. More than 350 musical examples point to the significance of the early operas in Verdi's developing style.