Synopsis
This collection of essays addresses the issue of how to make Verdi's operas relevant to modern audiences while respecting the composer's intentions. Here, both scholars and music and stage practitioners reflect current thinking on matters such as "authentic" staging, performance practice, and the role of critical editions.
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Alison Latham is Editor of The Oxford Companion to Music. Roger Parker is a Professor of Music, University of Cambridge.
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Verdi in performance / edited by Alison Latham and Roger Parker
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1st edition. Near fine gilt-blocked cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; xii, 196 pages : illustrations, music ; 24 cm. Notes; Papers principally given at a conference entitled Verdi in performance which took place at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, 1995. Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents; The pains and pleasures of liberation / Alison Latham and Roger Parker -- Staging Verdi's operas : the single, 'correct' performance / James Hepokoski -- In praise of the pragmatic / Andrew Porter -- On staging that matters / David Rosen -- Lights-- action / Harold Powers -- 'Trust the tale, not the teller' / John Rosselli -- Misinterpreting Verdian dramaturgy : history and grand opera / Mike Ashman -- Ornamenting Verdi's arias : the continuity of a tradition / David Lawton -- On 'exactly what is written' / Clive Brown -- A rubber band / Mark Elder -- An avenue unexplored : the divertissement and the opéra-ballet / Knud Arne Jürgensen -- Ballet in Italy : the background to Verdi / Kathleen K. Hansell -- Milan and Paris : a lasting dialogue / Gunhild Oberzaucher-Schüller -- A conflict of interests / José Sasportes -- Drawing the audience in : the theatre and the ballroom / Marian Smith -- The feminization of ballet / Maribeth Clark -- 'Reading' ballet / Rebecca Harris-Warrick -- Critical editions and performance / Philip Gossett -- Critical performance / Francesco Degrada -- On 'traditional' performance / Gabriele Dotto -- The 'textualization' of opera / Stefano Castelvecchi -- Appendices. A. List of operas -- B. Chronology of Verdi's life and times / Alison Latham. Subjects; Verdi, Giuseppe 1813-1901 ; Congresses. Verdi, Giuseppe 1813-1901 Criticism and interpretation. Verdi, Giuseppe 1813-1901. Verdi, Giuseppe 1813-1901. Operas. Verdi, Giuseppe 1813-1901 ; Congresses. Verdi, Giuseppe (Fortunino Giuseppe Francesco). Verdi, Giuseppe. 3 Kg. Seller Inventory # 398741
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