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During the middle phase of his career, 1849-59, Verdi adopted new
compositional procedures to create some of his best-loved and
most-performed works. Focusing on the operas he composed during
this period, this volume explores Verdi's work from three
interlinked perspectives: studies of the original source material,
cross-disciplinary analyses of musical and textual issues, and the
relationship of performance practice to Verdi's musical and
dramatic conception.
The first comprehensive study of Verdi's perennially popular opera Il trovatore, written by one of the world's great Verdi authorities. No full-length study has ever been written on Il trovatore, in his day Verdi's most successful stage work. This book by one of the world's great Verdi authorities fills that gap, providing a comprehensive look at the opera,from its genesis and structure to its early performance history and critical reception. Starting with the background of the opera, the volume traces the origins of the original play by Antonio Garcia Gutierrez, El trovador, and offers a new, more credible source for the drama. In addition, it examines the evolution of the libretto, the music, and the arrangement of the narrative, revealing innovative musical and dramatic features not seenby other critics. The book also includes a discussion of contemporary reviews and a section on some of the important performers in the twentieth century (for example, Toscanini and Caruso), as well as a consideration of several ofthe more unusual stagings of the work mounted during the final decades of the century. With these and other explorations, Martin Chusid offers a thorough survey of Verdi's Il trovatore and in the process deepens and enhances our encounter with one of the mainstays of the operatic reparatory. Martin Chusid is Professor Emeritus of Music, New York University, and founding director of the American Institute for Verdi Studies.
The University of Chicago Press, in collaboration with Casa Ricordi
of Milan, has undertaken to publish the first critical edition of
the complete works of Giuseppe Verdi. "The Works of Giuseppe
Verdi," the only edition based exclusively on original sources and
the only one to present authentic versions of all the composer's
works, will include each of Verdi's twenty-eight operas (all
versions), his sacred music, songs, chamber music, and juvenilia.
The series begins with the definitive version of "Rigoletto,"
During the middle phase of his career, 1849-59, Verdi adopted new
compositional procedures to create some of his best-loved and
most-performed works. Focusing on the operas he composed during
this period, this volume explores Verdi's work from three
interlinked perspectives: studies of the original source material,
cross-disciplinary analyses of musical and textual issues, and the
relationship of performance practice to Verdi's musical and
dramatic conception.
Music examples and charts illustrate the analyses, and each essay is fully annotated by the editor. In some cases, the results of the original research by the editor or by others working in the field are published here for the first time. Much of the material has never before appeared in English. A score embodying the best available musical text. Historical background what is known of the circumstances surrounding the origin of the work, including (where relevant) original source material. A detailed analysis of the music, by the editor of the volume or another well-known scholar. Other significant analytic essays and critical comments, exposing the student to a variety of opinions about the music."
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