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First published in 1991. At once poet, dramatist, adaptor and
translator, the operatic librettist in turn expresses and mocks
social convention. Deirdre O'Grady's study of the Italian operatic
librettist identifies opera as a mirror of literary climates,
popular taste and political aspirations. The Last Troubadours
traces the history of the Italian libretto from its courtly origin
in the 16th century, through the crisis of the aristocracy and the
19th-century struggle for national unity, to the birth of social
realism. Fundamental elements of Italian opera - heroic valour,
cunning servants, revolutionary ardour and romantic tenderness -
are considered in their historical and cultural context. Also
discussed are famous lyrical and musical collaborations - of Da
Ponte and Mozart, Solera and Verdi, Romani and Bellini, and Boito
and Verdi.
First published in 1991. At once poet, dramatist, adaptor and
translator, the operatic librettist in turn expresses and mocks
social convention. Deirdre O'Grady's study of the Italian operatic
librettist identifies opera as a mirror of literary climates,
popular taste and political aspirations. The Last Troubadours
traces the history of the Italian libretto from its courtly origin
in the 16th century, through the crisis of the aristocracy and the
19th-century struggle for national unity, to the birth of social
realism. Fundamental elements of Italian opera - heroic valour,
cunning servants, revolutionary ardour and romantic tenderness -
are considered in their historical and cultural context. Also
discussed are famous lyrical and musical collaborations - of Da
Ponte and Mozart, Solera and Verdi, Romani and Bellini, and Boito
and Verdi.
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