The Operas of Verdi: Volume 2: From Il Trovatore to La Forza del destino

Kirjan The Operas of Verdi: Volume 2: From Il Trovatore to La Forza del destino (1992) on kirjoittanut Julian Budden. Kirjan kieli on englanti, ja sen on kustantanut Clarendon Press. Kirja on laajuudeltaan 542 sivua ja se on nidottu.

This is the second volume of Julian Budden's monumental three-volume survey of the operas of Verdi. Hailed on publication for its extraordinary comprehensibility, the set has become the classic reference work on its subject. For this new edition the author has made a host of corrections throughout, and updated the text in the light of recent scholarship. Volume 2 covers those works written during the decadence of the post-Rossini period. During this time, Verdi, having exhausted the vein of simple lyricism to be found in Il Trovatore and La Traviata, achieved self-renewal in direct confrontation with the masters of the Paris Opera with his Les Vêpres Siciliennes. A new scale and variety of musical thought can be sensed in the Italian operas that follow, culminating in La Forza del Destino.