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Book Review
Jul. 12th, 2021 01:16 pmThe Cambridge Companion to Verdi
edited by Scott L. Balthazar
This solid volume on Verdi was thoroughly informative and thought-provoking. The only dark spot was the tedious chapter comparing all the differences among the versions of Don Carlos. I especially enjoyed the essays on Ernani and the fluidity of the title character's identity, the Italian theatre of Verdi's time, structural coherence, and the ways Rigoletto subverts operatic character conventions.
edited by Scott L. Balthazar
This solid volume on Verdi was thoroughly informative and thought-provoking. The only dark spot was the tedious chapter comparing all the differences among the versions of Don Carlos. I especially enjoyed the essays on Ernani and the fluidity of the title character's identity, the Italian theatre of Verdi's time, structural coherence, and the ways Rigoletto subverts operatic character conventions.
