Author:
Lederer, Victor.
Imprint:Milwaukee, Wis : Amadeus Press, an imprint of Hal Leonard Corporation, 2014.
Description247 pages ; 23 cm + 1 audio disc (4 3/4 in.).
Note:CD track listing: "Surta áe la notte ... Ernani, Ernani, involami" / Rosa Ponselle, Rosario Bourdon conductor -- "Vieni meco" / Mattia Battistini, Emilia Corsi ; La Scala orchestra, Carlo Sabajno, conductor -- "Oh! Fede negar potessi ... quando le sere al placido" / Mario Del Monaco ; Orchestra of Santa Cecilia, Rome, Alberto Eede, conductor -- "Comme la plume au vent" / Edmond Clâement -- "Bella figlia dell'amore" / Enrico Caruso, Luisa Tetrazzini, Josephine Jacoby, Pasquale Amato ; Victor Orchestra, Walter B. Rogers, conductor -- "Se m'ami ancor ... Ai nostri monti" / Enrico Caruso, Ernestine Schumann-Heink ; Victor Orchestra, Gaetano Scognamiglio, conductor -- "Ah, fors' áe lui ... Sempre libera" / Luisa Tetrazzini ; Victor ORchestra, Josef A. Pasternack, conductor -- "Teneste la promessa ... Addio del passato" / Claudia Muzio ; Lorenzo Molajoi, conductor -- "Ma dal'arido stelo" / Claudia Musio -- "Saper vorreste" / Luisa Tetrazzini ; Victor Orchestra, Josef A. Pasternack conductor -- "Pace, pace, mio Dio" / Rosa Ponselle ; Rosario Bourdon, conductor -- "A te, l'estremo addio ... Il lacerato spiroto" / Boris Christoff ; Rome Opera Chorus and Orchestra, Vittorio Gui, conductor -- "Tu, che le vanitáa" / Meta Seinemeyer ; Berlin State Opera Orchestra, Frieder Weissmann, conductor -- "O patria mia" / Claudia Muzio -- "Esultate! ... Vittoria ... Ebben, Roderigo, che pensi?" / Giovanni Martinelli, Lawrence Tibbett, Giovanni Paltrinieri ; Metropolitan Operal Chorus and Orchestra, Ettore Panizza, conductor -- "Credo" / Lawrence Tibbett ; Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra, Ettore Panizza, conductor -- "Piangea cantando" / Rosa Ponsells ; Rosario Bourdon, conductor -- "L'onore!" / Marikano Stabile ; La Scala Orchestra, Victor de Sabata, conductor -- "Quander'ero paggio" / Giacomo Rimini, Pia Tassinari ; La Scala Orchesxtra, Lorenzo Molajoli, conductor.
Note:Verdi and the culmination of Italian opera -- Verdi's life and character -- The major early operas : Nabucco, Ernani, and Macbeth -- The "galley" operas -- The transition to the middle period : Luisa Miller and Stiffelio; Aroldo -- The big three of the middle period : Rigoletto, Il trovatore, and La traviata -- Broadening the scope : I vespri siciliani and Un ballo in maschera -- The late middle period : La forza del destino and Simon Boccanegra -- Choral works : the Manzoni requiem and the Quattro pezzi sacri -- The great political tragedy : Don Carlo -- A farewell to grand opera : Aida -- Shakespearean tragedy : Otello -- Shakespearean comedy : Falstaff -- Listening to Verdi.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-244).
