Giuseppe Verdi Otello

Name: Giuseppe Verdi Otello
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ISBN: 9780521277495

ISBN-10: 0521277493

ISBN-13: 9780521277495

Edition: 1987

Authors: James A. Hepokoski, Richard Wagner

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James Hepokoski provides a reliable summary of what is currently known about Otello, along with an interpretation of the significance of the work within Verdi's career. The book begins with a detailed synopsis which interweaves some of the specific stage action from the 1887 Milanese premire. There follows a close consideration of how the opera was actually written: Arrigo Boito's derivation of the libretto from Shakespeare and the subsequent textual revisions; Verdi's composition of the opera from 1884 to 1887 and an overview of the revisions of the opera for Venice in 1887 and Paris in 1894. A further chapter outlines Verdi's own ideas for the performance of Otello and this is followed by…

Book details

List price: $29.99
Copyright year: 1987
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 6/18/1987
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 224
Size: 5.51" wide x 8.50" long x 0.51" tall
Weight: 0.638
Language: English




Synopsis



Creating the libretto: Verdi and Boito in collaboration



The composition of the opera



Compositional afterthoughts and revisions: Milan, Venice and Paris



Of singers and staging: Verdi's ideas on performance



A brief performance history William Ashbrook



An introduction to the musical organization: the structures of Act II



Shakespeare reinterpreted