The Operas of Giuseppe Verdi

by Abramo Basevi

Abramo Basevi published his study of Verdi's operas in Florence in 1859, in the middle of the composer's career. The first thorough, systematic examination of Verdi's operas, it covered the twenty works produced between 1842 and 1857--from Nabucco and Macbeth to Il trovatore , La traviata , and Aroldo . But while Basevi's work is still widely cited and discussed--and nowhere more so than in the English-speaking world--no translation of the entire...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 022609491X
• ISBN13: 9780226094915
• Release Date: April 2014
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.1" x 9.1"