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Giuseppe Verdi: pocket GIANTS (Paperback)
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Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901) was the Shakespeare of opera, the
composer of Rigoletto, Il Trovatore, La Traviata, Aida and Otello.
The chorus of Hebrew slaves from Nabucco (1842) is regarded in
Italy as virtually an alternative national anthem - and the great
tragedian rounded off his career fifty years later with a rousing
comedy, Falstaff. When Verdi was born, much of northern Italy was
under Napoleonic rule, and Verdi grew up dreaming of a time when
the peninsula might be governed by Italians. When this was
achieved, in 1861, he became a deputy in the first all-Italian
parliament. While in his 20s, Verdi lost his two children and then
his wife (many Verdi operas feature poignant parent-child
relationships). Later, he retired, with his second wife, to his
beloved farmlands, refusing for long stretches to return to
composition. Verdi died in January 1901, universally mourned as the
supreme embodiment of the nation he had helped create. Daniel
Snowman was born in London, educated at Cambridge and Cornell and
at 24 became a Lecturer at the University of Sussex, going on to
become BBC Radio's Chief Producer, Features. Since 2004 has held a
Senior Research Fellowship at the Institute of Historical Research
(University of London). Recent books include a study of the
cultural impact of the 'Hitler Emigres', a collection of critical
essays on the work of today's leading historians and The Gilded
Stage: A Social History of Opera, reviewed by Tim Blanning as 'A
mighty achievement, by far and away the best history of opera
available'.
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