Waiting for Verdi: Opera and Political Opinion in Nineteenth-Century Italy, 1815-1848

by Mary Ann Smart

The name Giuseppe Verdi conjures images of Italians singing opera in the streets and bursting into song at political protests or when facing the firing squad. While many of the accompanying stories were exaggerated, or even invented, by later generations, Verdi's operas--along with those by Rossini, Donizetti, and Mercadante--did inspire Italians to imagine Italy as an independent and unified nation. Capturing what it was like to attend the opera...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520276256
• ISBN13: 9780520276253
• Release Date: June 2018
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 266 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 9.2"