The Operas of Verdi: Volume 2: From Il Trovatore to La Forza del Destino (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780198162629)

Volume Two covers those works written during the decadence of the post-Rossini period. During this time, Verdi, having exhausted the vein of simple lyricism to be found in Il Trovatore and La Traviata, achieved self-renewal in direct confrontation with the masters of the Paris Opera with his Les Vêpres Siciliennes. A new scale and variety of musical thought can be sensed in the Italian operas that follow, culminating in La Forza del Destino.

Author: Julian Budden
ISBN-10: 0198162626
ISBN-13: 9780198162629
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Language: English
Published: 09/03/1992
Pages: 542
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.70lbs
Size: 9.30h x 6.12w x 1.19d