Macbeth [electronic resource] = Macbetto / adapted from the Opera Journeys lecture series by Burton D. Fisher.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fisher, Burton D.

Burton, Fisher D. Publishing Staff, Corporate Author.

Contributor:

Opera Journeys Publishing.

Series:

Opera Journeys mini guide series.

Opera Journeys mini guide series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Operas--Stories, plots, etc.

Operas.

Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901. Macbeth.

Verdi, Giuseppe.

Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901. Macbeth--Criticism and interpretation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (33 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Coral Gables, FL : Opera Journeys, 2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A comprehensive guide to Verdi's MACBETH, featuring Principal Characters in the opera, Brief Story Synopsis, Story Narrative with Music Highlight Examples, and an insightful and in depth Commentary and Analysis by Burton D. Fisher, noted opera author and lecturer.

Contents:

MACBETH (by Giuseppe Verdi)

Story Synopsis

Principal Characters in the Opera

Story Narrative with Music Highlights

Prelude

ACT I - Scene 1: A wooded landscape. A group of three Witches appears amid a storm.

ACT I - Scene 2: A hall in Macbeth's castle.

ACT II - Scene 1: A room in Macbeth's castle.

ACT II - Scene 2: A park near Macbeth's castle.

ACT II - Scene 3: The Banquet hall.

ACT III: A dark cave. A burning cauldron surrounded by Witches.

ACT IV - Scene 1: Open country near Birnam Wood on the border of England and Scotland.

ACT IV - Scene 2: A room in Macbeth's castle at Dunsinane.

ACT IV - Scene 3: A battlefield outside Dunsinane Castle.

Verdi and Macbeth: Commentary and Analysis.

Notes:

"Italian opera in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi ; libretto by Francesco Maria Piave, after Shakespeare's Macbeth, Globe Theater, London (1605)."

Contains:

Opera Journeys lecture series.

ISBN:

1-280-92276-1

9786610922765

1-102-00948-2

0-585-42725-9

OCLC:

50861735