Donizetti and His Operas

Donizetti and His Operas
Author: William Ashbrook
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 766
Release: 1982
Genre: Music
ISBN: 9780521276634

The series will include both new and recent titles drawn from the whole range of the Press's very substantial publishing programs.

Gaetano Donizetti

Gaetano Donizetti
Author: James P. Cassaro
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 305
Release: 2009-07-15
Genre: Art
ISBN: 113584660X

Gaetano Donizetti: A Research and Information Guide offers an annotated reference guide to the life and works of this important Italian opera composer. The book opens with a complete chronology of Donizetti's life (1797-1848) and career, relating it to contemporary events. The balance of the book details secondary resources and other works, including general sources, catalogs, correspondence, biographical sources, critical works; production/review sources, singers and theaters, and the individual operas.

The New Grove Masters of Italian Opera

The New Grove Masters of Italian Opera
Author: Philip Gossett
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Total Pages: 372
Release: 1983
Genre: Music
ISBN: 9780393303612

These five biographies provide the first complete survey of Italian opera from the early buffo operas of Rossini to Verdi's great masterpieces, Otello and Falstaff, and the verismo operas of Puccini. Andrew Porter has been highly praised for his original and enlightening account of Verdi, and Philip Gossett has received similar acclaim for his treatment of Rossini. Porter, Gossett, William Ashbrooke, Julian Budden, Mosco Carner, and Friedrich Lippmann, all acknowledged experts in the field of Italian opera, combine to offer insight into the traditions and workings of one of the most fascinating periods in the history of opera. Book jacket.

Don Pasquale Libretto (English and Italian Edition)

Don Pasquale Libretto (English and Italian Edition)
Author: Gaetano Donizetti
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Total Pages: 82
Release: 2016-11-28
Genre:
ISBN: 9781540617293

This edition includes Italian libretto along with an English line by line translation for the opera goer to use. Follow the exquisitely beautiful Don Pasquale and understand every word with this unique edition.

Opera and Its Symbols

Opera and Its Symbols
Author: Robert Donington
Publisher: Yale University Press
Total Pages: 260
Release: 1990-01-01
Genre: Music
ISBN: 9780300056617

Explains the use of symbolism in opera, interprets scenes from Monteverdi, Mozart, Verdi, Wagner, Stravinsky, and Britten, and stresses the importance of staging an opera in accord with the composer's intended use of symbols