Abitare la battaglia, Gabriele Baldini's study of the operas of
Verdi from Oberto to Un ballo in maschera, has, since its
posthumous publication in 1970, received much critical acclaim both
in Italy and elsewhere. Its lack of technical language makes it
easily accessible to the general music lover, but its original and
sometimes controversial ideas have stimulated a great deal of
discussion among Verdi specialists. The book's central concern is
to present an analysis of Verdi the musical dramatist, and its
conclusions constitute a radical reassessment of the vexed
relationship between opera and literary form, between words and
music. As Julian Budden says in his foreword: 'It blows a breath of
fresh air into the weary platitudes of traditional Verdian
criticism.' This English translation, The Story of Giuseppe Verdi,
includes some new editorial additions, bringing various factual
matters into line with recent Verdi scholarship. But the book's
discussion of the music is always left to speak for itself. While
many of the comments may offend the purist, they are always based
on a profound knowledge and love of Verdi's operatic masterpieces
as seen on the stage. They rarely fail to stimulate the reader into
thinking more deeply about this immensely rich repertoire.
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