Verdi, like most great opera composers, attached supreme importance to the words he was setting to music.
The listener, to understand the opera fully, should understand the situations, the shades of emotion, the nuances of characterization described in the music. William Weaver's translations of seven of the greatest Verdi operas are designed for maximum fidelity to the immediate word. Eschewing artistic renderings, Mr. Weaver offers, on facing pages, exact translations and the corresponding Italian text. The operas chosen for this edition represent Verdi's major achievements in each of the significant periods of his creative life: the first trio of masterpieces, Rigoletto, Il Trovatore, and La Traviata; Un ballo in maschera and Aida from the middle period; Otello and Falstaff, the great late works. The music student as well as the opera buff will find this volume a very useful guide to Verdi's world.
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W W Norton has been for many a year the staple of music students and teachers everywhere. Their classical scores are clear, and easy to follow. It would, therefore, be odd if their libretti didn't match their usually high standards of excellence. This one, obviously, did. The translations are clear, yet poetic, and still easy to follow. A completely worthwhile buy.
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After the triumph of Nabucco (1842) and I Lombardi (1843) at La Scala in Milan, Verdi was invited to write for the great Venetian theater La Fenice, where in 1844 he had yet another success with Ernani. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
alla cesta, entra terror, quale orror, suo mantello, due alle tre, non perde ventura, sta sotto, bassa voce, povero cor, dal fondo, che parli, nel fondo, che dici, sul tavolo, che importa, sulla tavola, dal mezzo, mia figlia, questa notte, della scena, fra loro, mio padre, dalla porta, alta voce, sua moglie Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Master Ford, Hal Hal, Garter Inn, Great God, Count of Ceprano, Monsieur Germont, San Carlo, Doctor Caius, Teatro Apollo, The Doge, Ave Maria, Entra Alfredo, Franco Faccio, King Lear, Mistress Alice, Signora Alice, Temple of Isis New!
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After the triumph of Nabucco (1842) and I Lombardi (1843) at La Scala in Milan, Verdi was invited to write for the great Venetian theater La Fenice, where in 1844 he had yet another success with Ernani. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
alla cesta, entra terror, quale orror, suo mantello, due alle tre, non perde ventura, sta sotto, bassa voce, povero cor, dal fondo, che parli, nel fondo, che dici, sul tavolo, che importa, sulla tavola, dal mezzo, mia figlia, questa notte, della scena, fra loro, mio padre, dalla porta, alta voce, sua moglie Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Master Ford, Hal Hal, Garter Inn, Great God, Count of Ceprano, Monsieur Germont, San Carlo, Doctor Caius, Teatro Apollo, The Doge, Ave Maria, Entra Alfredo, Franco Faccio, King Lear, Mistress Alice, Signora Alice, Temple of Isis New!
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- Simon Boccanegra: Vocal Score by Mario Parenti on page 271, and page 327
- Don Carlos: Vocal Score by Walter Ducloux on page 271, and page 328
- Good for You! Toddler Rhymes for Toddler Times by Stephanie Calmenson on page 491
- King Lear (The New Folger Library Shakespeare) by William Shakespeare on page 327
- The Complete Operas Of Verdi (Da Capo Paperback) by Charles Osborne in Front Matter
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