The Black Dog Opera Library presents Giuseppe Verdi's Il Trovatore featuring such greats as Leontyne Price and Ruggiero Raimondi. A marriage of music and the written word in the most complete and popularly priced package yet produced, each of these sets includes a complete opera on two Angel/EMI compact discs, accompanied by the complete libretto in its original language and English translation with annotated commentary. Full-color photographs illustrate the history of the operas, and an entertaining text discusses the musical heritage of the composers, the music and the performances.
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Here are two more of the world's best loved operas bringing the popular Black Dog Opera Library to a total of 12 titles. Each includes world-class recordings of the complete operas on two CDs bound in protective sleeves inside the covers of an informative full-color 144-page book.
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Giuseppe Verdi was born on October 10, 1813, in the small village of Le Roncole in northern Italy. His father, Carlo Verdi, a poor peasant, ran the local combination shop (an inn and tavern) and farmed a small plot of land. Verdi had only one sibling, a younger sister who was retarded and who died in her teenage years. As a child, he showed an early interest in music. It is said that he used to follow an itinerant fiddle player all around the village, and that he would be transfixed by the organ music at church on Sundays, sometimes forgetting his duties as colyte.
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Finally I've found what I needed. In this packaged set you get the CD of the opera and the libretto in both English and Italian.
You have the synopsis of the story of the opera and some information about Verdi. If you ever wanted to sing along with an opera this is perfect.
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