This is a revised and updated edition of Julian Budden's monumental survey of the operas of Giuseppe Verdi. Hailed on publication for its extraordinary comprehensibility, it examines each of the operas in detail, giving a full account of its dramatic and historical origins and a critical evaluation. The text is supported by a wealth of musical illustrations.
Verdiho opery Série
Tato série se hluboce noří do světa oper Giuseppa Verdiho, nabízí podrobné analýzy každého díla. Zkoumá dramatické a historické pozadí každé opery a poskytuje kritické zhodnocení jejího významu. Čtenáři ocení bohaté hudební ukázky, které doplňují poutavý a informativní text.



Doporučené pořadí čtení
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The second part of a three-volume survey of the operas of Verdi, this study covers those works written during the decadence of the post-Rossinni period. It examines each opera in detail, with an account of its dramatic and historical origins and a critical evaluation.
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The Operas of Verdi 3
From Don Carlos to Falstaff
The third part of a three-volume survey of the operas of Verdi, this study covers roughly a quarter of a century, in which Verdi produced his four last operas. It examines each opera in detail, with an account of its dramatic and historical origins and a critical evaluation.