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Simon Boccanegra / adapted from the Opera Journeys Lecture Series by Burton D. Fisher.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Fisher, Burton D.
- Series:
- Opera journeys mini guide series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Operas--Stories, plots, etc.
- Operas.
- Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901. Simon Boccenegra--Criticism and interpretation.
- Verdi, Giuseppe.
- Physical Description:
- 28 p. : music.
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- [Coral Gables, Fla.] : Opera Journeys Publishing, 2008.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- A comprehensive opera-guide, featuring Principal Characters in the Opera, Brief Story Synopsis, Story Narrative with Music Highlight Examples, and Burton D. Fisher's insightful and in depth Commentary and Analysis.
- Contents:
- SIMON BOCCANEGRA Mini Guide cover
- Provenance
- Principal Characters in Simon Boccanegra
- Brief Story Synopsis
- Story Narrative with Music Highlight Examples
- Prologue
- Act I - Scene 1: the Grimaldi palace outside of Genoa
- Act I - Scene 2: the Council Chamber in the Doge's Palace
- Act II: the Doge's chambers
- Act III: inside the Doge's Palace
- Commentary and Analysis.
- Notes:
- "Opera in Italian with a prologue and three acts; Music by Giuseppe Verdi; Libretto by Francesco Maria Piave (with contributions by Giuseppe Montanelli), based on a play by Antonio Garcia Gutierrez, the libretto later revised by Arrigo Boito; Premiere: La Fenice, Venice, March 1857, Boito revision: La Scala, Milan, March 1881".
- Contains:
- Opera Journeys Lecture Series.
- ISBN:
- 1-282-70346-3
- 9786612703461
- 1-102-07182-X
- OCLC:
- 704516321
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