Verdi: Man and Musician

Verdi: Man and Musician

Verdi: Man and Musician - His Biography with Especial Reference to His English ExperiencesVerdi's position assuredSelected to...
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Author: Crowest, Frederick James,1850-1927
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Verdi: Man and Musician

Verdi: Man and Musician

$19.99 $9.99

Verdi: Man and Musician

$19.99 $9.99
Author: Crowest, Frederick James,1850-1927
Format: eBook
Language: English

Verdi: Man and Musician - His Biography with Especial Reference to His English Experiences

Verdi's position assuredSelected to compose an opera d'obbligoThe termsI Lombardi alla Prima CrociataIts dramatis person and argumentReception at La ScalaA new triumph for VerdiI Lombardi in London, 1846ErnaniPolitical effect of ErnaniOfficial interferenceVerdi first introduced into EnglandMr. Lumley's production of Ernani at Her Majesty's TheatreThe reception of the operaCriticism on ErnaniAthenum and Ernani. Now, at the age of twenty-nine years, was Verdi's future practically assured. His ambition had been to produce an opera that would win the applause of his countrymen. This was attained sooner, perhaps, than Verdi expected it. With this desire more than fulfilled, the son of the obscure innkeeper of Roncole was being talked of in the same breath as the maestri Donizetti, Mercadante, and Pacini. Would that his beloved wife and children could have been with him to have shared this success! [Pg 50] A great honour was now to be his. By the vote of the La Scala Theatre direction, Verdi was chosen to be the composer of the opera d'obbligo for the Carnival timethat new opera which an impresario is bound, by the terms of his agreement with the municipality, to find and produce during each season. Merelli conveyed the news to Verdi, tendering him a blank agreement form and saying, "Fill it up; all that you require will be carried out." ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 46316
Author: Crowest, Frederick James
Release Date: Jul 17, 2014
Format: eBook
Language: English

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