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The Operas of Monteverdi (Paperback)
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The Operas of Monteverdi (Paperback)
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Monteverdi's 1607 version of the legend of Orpheus is arguably the
first masterpiece of opera. Composed for the court of Mantua, where
Monteverdi was employed, it is very different from his two other
surviving operas, which he wrote more than thirty years later to
entertain Venetian audiences in the first public opera houses.
Orfeo was long considered untranslatable, because the text is so
closely tied to the music, and the Venetian librettos owe some of
their brilliance to Spanish Golden Age theatre. This opera guide is
an opportunity to read all three of Monteverdi's stage works
together, in Anne Ridler's graceful translations. Contents: Operas
contained in this volume: Orfeo, Il ritorno di Ulisse in patria,
L'incoronazione di Poppea; Monteverdi, Opera and History, lain
Fenlon; On Translating Opera, Anne Ridler; PART ONE: Mantua; A
masterpiece for a Court, John Whenham; Music Examples; 'Orfeo':
Favola in musica by Alessandro Striggio the Younger; Orfeo: English
singing version by Anne Ridler; PART TWO: Venice; Musical Theatre
in Venice, Paolo Fabbri; The Spanish Contribution to the Birth of
Opera, Jack Sage; Monteverdi Returns to his Homeland, Tim Carter;
Musical Examples; ll ritorno d'Ulisse in patria: Dramma in musica
by Giacomo Badoaro; The Return of Ulysses: English singing version
by Anne Ridler; Public Vice, Private Virtue, lain Fenlon and Peter
Miller; Musical Examples; L'incoronazione di Poppea: Opera musicale
by Giovanni Francesco Busenello; The Coronation of Poppea: English
singing version by Anne Ridler
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