The Complete Operas of Puccini - Couverture souple

Osborne, Charles

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0575048689 ISBN 13 : 9780575048683

Editeur : Gollancz, 1990

Synopsis

The companion volume to two previous books - "The Complete Operas of Verdi" and "The Complete Operas of Mozart". It provides a comprehensive guide to Puccini's operas and to his personal life.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

While Puccini wrote only twelve operas during a long life—three of them one-acters designed to be performed together—he has to be ranked today as the world's most popular composer of opera. His La Bohème and Tosca are more frequently performed in the major opera houses than works by other composers, and Madame Butterfly and Manon Lescaut rank not far behind. What is the explanation for Puccini's enormous success? How do his operas work as music and drama? What was he like to contemporaries such as Verdi, Toscanini, and Caruso? Charles Osborne, author of highly successful Complete Operas of Verdi and Complete Operas of Mozart, here analyzes the entire Puccini oeuvre—from Tosca and Turandot to the less-often performed Edgar, La Fanciulla del West, and La Rondine. His fourfold approach—linking biography with musical, textual, and dramatic analysis—is especially valuable for Puccini, who revealed many of his personal contradictions in his music and whose sense of detail can be appreciated by close study of the scores and characters. For the legions of Puccini lovers everywhere, this guide to his life and work can serve as an ideal reference source and opera companion.

Biographie de l'auteur

Charles Osborne, well-known British musicologist, critic, and broadcaster, is the author of The Concert Companion, Richard Wagner and His World, The Complete Operas of Verdi, The Complete Operas of Mozart, and other works.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Gollancz
• Date d'édition: 1990
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0575048689
• ISBN 13: 9780575048683
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 280
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible