Verdi in Performance

Name: Verdi in Performance
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ISBN: 9780198167358

ISBN-10: 0198167350

ISBN-13: 9780198167358

Edition: 2001

Authors: Alison Latham, Roger Parker, Roger Parker, Roger Parker

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The number of Verdi's works in the current repertories of the world's opera houses is greater than at any time since the composer's death a century ago. Yet, those responsible for staging and performing these works are faced with many difficult decisions, not least of which is how to make the operas relevant to modern audiences while respecting the composer's intentions. First written for an international conference at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, these lively and stimulating essays by leading Verdi scholars, music and stage practitioners reflect current thinking on matters such as 'authentic' staging, performance practice, Verdi's approach to the ballet, and the role of critical…

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List price: $220.00
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 11/8/2001
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 216
Size: 6.42" wide x 9.57" long x 0.67" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English



List of Contributors


List of Illustrations


The Pains and Pleasures of Liberation




Staging


Staging Verdi's Operas: The Single, 'Correct' Performance



Responses


In Praise of the Pragmatic



On Staging that Matters



Lights...Action



'Trust the tale, not the teller'



Misinterpreting Verdian Dramaturgy: History and Grand Opera




Instrumental and Vocal Performance


Ornamenting Verdi's Arias: The Continuity of a Tradition



Responses


On 'Exactly what is Written'



A Rubber Band




Ballet


An Avenue Unexplored: The Divertissement and the Opera-Ballet



Responses


Ballet in Italy: The Background to Verdi



Milan and Paris: A Lasting Dialogue



A Conflict of Interests



Drawing the Audience in: The Theatre and the Ballroom



The Feminization of Ballet



'Reading' Ballet




Editions


Critical Editions and Performance



Responses


Critical Performance



On 'Traditional' Performance



The 'Textualization' of Opera



Appendices



List of Operas



Chronology of Verdi's Life and Times