Il campanello: Farsa in One Act, libretto by Gaetano Donizetti (The Critical Edition of the Operas of Gaetano Donizetti: Operas) - Hardcover

Donizetti, Gaetano

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 8875924414 ISBN 13: 9788875924416

Publisher: Casa Ricordi, 2000

Synopsis

A versatile and prolific composer whose works dominated opera houses in the late 1830s and 1840s. Gaetano Donizetti (1797-1848) had an enormous influence on subsequent opera composers, including Verdi. Yet the texts of many of his operas pose numerous problems, partly due to the accumulation of changes made by generations of interpreters. With the renewed popularity of his operas, the need for a critical edition became keenly felt. This highly acclaimed edition does not aim to publish all his works, but will offer a variety of operas, from those still in the repertory to a selection of titles that are especially significant for historical or musical reasons.

One of Donizetti's most brilliant comedies, Il campanello was initially written as a farce with spoken dialogues, but was revised by the composer with recitatives and new pieces. Based on several newly examined sources, the critical edition presents both the original and revised versions.

About this title

About the Author:

Roger Parker is the Thurston Dart Professor of Music at King's College London. He is the editor of Nabucodonosor, a volume in the University of Chicago Press's critical edition of the works of Giuseppe Verdi and is co-general editor (with Gabriele Dotto) of the Casa Ricordi critical edition of the works of Donizetti.

About this edition

• Publisher: Casa Ricordi
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 8875924414
• ISBN 13: 9788875924416
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 377
• Editor: Narici Ilaria, Dotto Gabriel, Parker Roger