Verdi's Opera Rigoletto: Containing the Italian Text, With an English Translation and the Music of All the Principal Airs (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

Giuseppe Verdi

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0260225126 ISBN 13: 9780260225122

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

Experience Verdi's Rigoletto in a single, accessible edition

Discover the opera in Italian text with a clear English translation and the music for all the principal airs, all in one volume.

This edition presents the complete Italian libretto alongside an English translation, making the story and text easy to follow while listening to the principal arias. It is designed for study and performance alike, giving readers a direct link to Verdi’s music and lyrics in one authoritative resource.

• Italian text with an accompanying English translation
• Music for all the principal airs included
• Direct access to the drama and its key musical moments
• Concise, durable edition suitable for study or performance prep

Ideal for readers and students of opera who want a clear, practical way to engage with this classic work.

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About the Author

The best-known of the French Romantic writers, Victor Hugo was a poet, novelist, dramatist, and political critic. Hugo was an avid supporter of French republicanism and advocate for social and political equality, themes that reflect most strongly in his works Les Mis?rables, Notre-Dame de Paris (The Hunchback of Notre-Dame), and Le Dernier jour d'un condamn? (The Last Day of a Condemned Man). Hugo s literary works were successful from the outset, earning him a pension from Louis XVIII and membership in the prestigious Acad?mie fran?aise, and influencing the work of literary figures such as Albert Camus, Charles Dickens, and Fyodor Dostoevsky. Elevated to the peerage by King Louis-Philippe, Hugo played an active role in French politics through the 1848 Revolution and into the Second and Third Republics. Hugo died in 1885, revered not only for his influence on French literature, but also for his role in shaping French democracy. He is buried in the Panth?on alongside Alexandre Dumas and ?mile Zola.

Edition details

• Publisher: Forgotten Books
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0260225126
• ISBN 13: 9780260225122
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 39