Verdi's Otello and Simon Boccanegra (revised version) in letters and documents / edited and translated by Hans Busch ; foreword by Julian Budden.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901.

Busch, Hans, 1914-1996.

Language:

English

Italian

Subjects (All):

Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901. Otello.

Verdi, Giuseppe.

Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901. Simon Boccanegra.

Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901. Correspondence.

Bioto, Arrigo, 1842-1918--Correspondence.

Bioto, Arrigo.

Ricordi, Giulio, 1840-1912--Correspondence.

Ricordi, Giulio.

Ricordi, Giulio, 1840-1912.

Opera.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

2 volumes (891 pages) : illustrations, portraits ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Oxford [Oxfordshire] : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1988.

Summary:

This study illuminates the creation and early productions of Verdi's Otello and the revised version of Simon Boccanegra by featuring Verdi's correspondence with his librettist, Arrigo Boito, and their publisher, Giulio Ricordi. An indispensable aid to the student of Verdi's late works, opera producers, conductors, and vocalists as well as the general reader and opera buff, the work contains reviews of early performances, production books kept by Ricordi and Boito, and biographical notes on all correspondents.

Contents:

v. 1. Letters and telegrams

v. 2. Documents.

Notes:

Includes correspondence by Giuseppe Verdi.

Includes indexes.

"Select bibliography": pages [866]-877.

ISBN:

0193132079 :

OCLC:

17259102