The Operas of Verdi: From Oberto to RigolettoAn analysis of Verdi's entire operatic output done in great depth and detail and based on exhaustive research in European archives. The first volume of this monumental study is a reissue. Two additional volumes are in preparation. |
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Abbiati Abigaille accompaniment adagio Allegro Alzira andante Andantino aria Arrigo Arvino Attila banda Barezzi baritone bars bass BASSO bassoons Battaglia di Legnano begins Belfiore Bellini Busseto cabaletta cadence Cammarano Carlo cavatina cello character chords chorus clarinet coda composer COMPRIMARIO Copialettere Corrado Corsaro Cuniza Donizetti DONNA dramatic Due Foscari duet effect Elvira Ernani father Fenena final flat major flute Francesco Gilda Giovanna d'Arco Giselda give Gulnara harmonies Il Corsaro Il Trovatore Italian opera Italy Jacopo La Scala Letter to Piave libretto Lombardi Lucrezia Luisa Miller lyrical Macbeth Masnadieri melody Milan minor mosso movement Muzio Nabucco Oberto oboe Odabella opening orchestral overture Pagano phrase pizz pizzicato play recitative rhythm Riccardo Ricordi Rigoletto Rodolfo romanza Rossini Scala scene score semiquavers Silva sing singers Solera solo soprano Stankar Stiffelio stretta strings tells tenor theatre theme trombones trumpets unison Verdi's Verdian violins vocal voice woodwind words