The composer Giuseppe Verdi (1813–1901) claimed that hehad an especially intimate relation to Shakespeare. On 28 April 1865, after thepremière of the revised version of Macbeth, Verdi wrote a letter complaining that anewspaper critic ...
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Language: en
Pages: 343
Pages: 343
Giuseppe Verdi and Richard Wagner, the two greatest operatic composers of their time, had everything and nothing in common. Their achievements were comparable, but their personalities, their approaches to music and drama, and their complex legacies made them incompatible. Verdi thought of art as a comfort to mankind; it pleased
Language: en
Pages: 256
Pages: 256
Great Shakespeareans offers a systematic account of those figures who have had the greatest influence on the interpretation, understanding and cultural reception of Shakespeare, both nationally and internationally. In this volume, leading scholars assess the contribution of Berlioz, Verdi, Wagner and Britten to the afterlife and reception of Shakespeare and
Language: en
Pages: 225
Pages: 225
Language: en
Pages: 176
Pages: 176
Bernard Williams, who died in 2003, was one of the most influential moral philosophers of his generation. A lifelong opera lover, his articles and essays, talks for the BBC, contributions to the Grove Dictionary of Opera, and program notes for the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, and the English National
Language: de
Pages: 290
Pages: 290
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