Vincenzo Bellini: Norma

by David R.B. Kimbell

Book Overview

Norma is by common consent the finest of the ten operas composed during Vincenzo Bellini's short career, representing his genius more comprehensively than is usually the case with any single work by an operatic composer. This 1998 handbook provides the biographical and cultural context of the opera. It gives a full synopsis and an examination of the music and poetry, which is rooted in the aesthetics of early nineteenth-century Italian opera. Professor...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521485142
• ISBN13: 9780521485142
• Release Date: October 1998
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 156 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.3" x 8.4"