Un Ballo in maschera (eBook)

Giuseppe Verdi (Autor)

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2018
Alma Books (Verlag)
978-0-7145-4514-1 (ISBN)

Infos

See how the drama is turned into laughter', comment the chorus, as they witness the destruction of a marriage and a friendship. Here Pierluigi Petrobelli shows how the irony woven into the tragedy results from the meeting of French and Italian traditions. Is this really a ridiculous libretto mangled by censorship, or is it Verdi's finest achievement, with its perfectly symmetrical drama and beautiful variety? Benedict Sarnaker analyses the extended love duet - the kernel of the score, and the pivot of the action. Harold Powers looks at the laughing chorus and at the quicksilver character of Oscar, unique in Verdi's work.Contents: Introduction, Nicholas John; A Fusion of Styles, Pierluigi Petrobelli; A King Restored: Structure and Music in 'A Masked Ball', Benedict Sarnaker; The 'Laughing Chorus' in Contexts, Harold Powers; Un ballo in maschera: Libretto by Antonio Somma; A Masked Ball: English translation by Edmund Tracey

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.1.2018
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik ► Klassik / Oper / Musical
• ISBN-10: 0-7145-4514-7 / 0714545147
• ISBN-13: 978-0-7145-4514-1 / 9780714545141