Verdi in the Age of Italian Romanticism
- Author: Kimbell, David R. B.
it constantly stimulates thought, Kimbell utters many perceptive judgements, and few that are not supported by sound evidence and a fine critical discrimination —
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Contents
- Preface;
- Part I . The Setting:
- 1. Verdi's Italy;
- 2. Theatrical censorship;
- 3. The operatic experience;
- 4. Dramatic principles and musical form in early ottocento opera;
- Part II . A Documentary History of the Early Operas:
- 5. Launching a career;
- 6. The genesis of an opera - Ernani;
- 7. Two overcrowded years;
- 8. Verdi the idealist - the Florence Macbeth;
- 9. Opera as a business;
- 10. Collaboration with Cammarano;
- 11. Bouts with the censor;
- 12. Giuseppina's operas - Il Trovatore and La Traviata;
- Part III . The Development of Verdi's Musical Language:
- 13. The first operas - Oberto and Un Giorno di Regno;
- 14. Italian grand opera - Nabucco and I Lombardi alla Prima Crociata;
- 15. The early 'galley' operas - Ernani to Attila;
- 16. Macbeth and its satellites;
- 17. Verdi a la parisienne - Jerusalem and La Battaglia di Legnano;
- 18. Luisa Miller and Stiffelio;
- 19. 'The popular trilogy' - Rigoletto, Il Trovatore, La Traviata;
- Part IV . The Operas:
- 20. Nabucco, a risorgimento opera;
- 21. Verdi and French Romanticism - Ernani;
- 22. Byronismo - I Due Foscari and Il Corsaro;
- 23. The impact of Shakespeare - the Florence Macbeth;
- 24. La Battaglia di Legnano - the opera of the revolution;
- 25. Essays with Schiller;
- 26. The originality of Rigoletto;
- 27. Verdi and 'realism' - La Traviata; Notes; Bibliography; Index.