Nabucco [electronic resource] = Nabuccodonosor = Nebuchadnezzar / adapted from the Opera Journeys lecture series by Burton D. Fisher.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fisher, Burton D.

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. Nabucco.

Verdi, Giuseppe.

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

Physical Description:

1 online resource (34 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Coral Gables, FL : Opera Journeys, 2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A comprehensive guide to Verdi's NABUCCO, 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:

Nabucco/Opera Journeys Mini Guide Series

About the Author

Provenance

Principal Characters

Brief Story Synopsis

Story Narrative with Music Highlights

Overture

Part I: "Jerusalem

Part II - Scene I "The Impious One

Part II - Scene 2: Another hall in the palace.

Part III - Scene 1 "The Prophecy

Part III - Scene 2: "Chorus and Prophecy

Part IV - Scene 1: "The Broken Idol

Part IV - Scene 2: "The Hanging Gardens of Babylon

Commentary and Analysis - Verdi and Nabucco.

Notes:

"Lyric drama ("Dramma lirico") in Italian in four parts, music by Giuseppe Verdi ; libretto by Temistocle Solera, based on the play, Nabuchodonosor, by Auguste Anicet-Bourgeois and Francis Cornu (1836), and the ballet based on the play, Nabuccodonosor, by Antonio Cortesi (1838).

Contains:

Opera Journeys lecture series.

ISBN:

1-280-92277-X

9780585447705

9786610922772

1-102-00949-0

0-585-44770-5

OCLC:

614996032