Download or read book The Sounds of Paris in Verdi s La traviata written by Emilio Sala and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2013-05-09 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How did Paris and its musical landscape influence Verdi's La traviata? In this book, Emilio Sala re-examines La traviata in the cultural context of the French capital in the mid-nineteenth century. Verdi arrived in Paris in 1847 and stayed for almost two years: there, he began his relationship with Giuseppina Strepponi and assiduously attended performances at the popular theatres, whose plays made frequent use of incidental music to intensify emotion and render certain dramatic moments memorable to the audience. It is in one of these popular theatres that Verdi probably witnessed one of the first performances of Dumas fils' La Dame aux camélias, which became hugely successful in 1852. Making use of primary source material, including unpublished musical works, journal articles and rare documents and images, Sala's close examination of the incidental music of La Dame aux camélias - and its musical context - offers an invaluable interpretation of La traviata's modernity.
Download or read book The Sounds of Paris in Verdi s La Traviata written by Emilio Sala and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2013-05-09 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Emilio Sala uses rare documents and images to re-examine Verdi's La traviata in the cultural context of mid-nineteenth-century Paris.
Download or read book Verdi s Opera La Traviata written by Giuseppe Verdi and published by . This book was released on 1859 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Verdi s La Traviata written by Burton D. Fisher and published by Opera Journeys Publishing. This book was released on 2005 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive guide to Verdi's LA TRAVIATA, featuring insightful and in depth Commentary and Analysis, a complete, newly translated Libretto with Italian/English side-by side, and over 30 music highlight examples."
Download or read book Verdi s Opera la Traviata written by Giuseppi Verdi and published by . This book was released on 2013-11-02 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE PLOT. In "La Traviata" we have portrayed the life of Violetta Valery, a gay and thoughtless beauty, the admiration of a circle of admirers, among whom is Alfredo Germont, whose passion assumes such intensity and candour that Violetta yields to its influence, and becomes, for a while, imbued with the feelings of a pure love. At the end of the First Act, the scene of which is laid in Violetta's house in Paris, Violetta realises the hollowness of the joy of the life she is leading. In the Second Act, the scene is laid in Violetta's house in the country. Here she and her lover are living in seclusion and contentment until Alfredo learns, by accident, that Violetta, in order now to maintain this establishment, has been disposing of her property. Stung by the dependent position he finds he has been occupying, he leaves hurriedly to obtain the necessary funds to wipe out, as he thinks, the disgrace. During his absence his father makes an appeal to Violetta to save Alfredo from ruin, and his father and sister from disgrace, by renouncing him. Violetta is at first terribly shaken at such a prospect, but her pure affection triumphs, and she consents to sacrifice her own happiness to ensure that of the only being she ever truly loved; she consequently flees to Paris, and resumes her old life among her old acquaintances. Alfredo and Violetta again meet in the rich saloons of a mutual friend in Paris, where he finds Violetta under the protection of Barone Douphol. Alfredo is not aware of the purity of Violetta's motive in leaving him, and, in a paroxysm of unmanly rage, terribly insults her before the assembled guests. In the last Act, we are shown the shocking sequel to the previous ones. Violetta, heart-broken, spirit-crushed, and emaciated, is just winning her way to the realm of hopes and fears. Alfredo's father, struck, perhaps, with remorse at having caused Violetta to promise to leave Alfredo without letting him know the real reason, has informed his son of Violetta's truth and fidelity. Alfredo hurries to the bedside, but only, alas, to snatch a few minutes of blissful return of the love of happier times, when death leaves him desolate.
Download or read book Verdi s La Traviata written by Giuseppe Verdi and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2023-07-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This classic opera by Giuseppe Verdi, with libretto by Francesco Maria Piave, tells the tragic story of a Parisian courtesan, Violetta, who falls in love with a young nobleman, Alfredo. Their happiness is short-lived when Alfredo's father convinces Violetta to end the relationship for the sake of the family's reputation. La Traviata is a timeless tale of love, sacrifice, and redemption set to some of Verdi's most beautiful music. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Download or read book La Traviata written by Francesco Maria Piave and published by . This book was released on 2011-10-01 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Giuseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi (1813-1901) was an Italian Romantic opera composer, best known for Rigoletto, Aida, and La Traviata -- which follows the life, lioves and death of a courtesan, Violetta, from tuberculosis. Francesco Maria Piave (1810-1876) was an Italian opera librettist who worked with many of the significant composers of his day, writing 10 libretti for Verdi.
Download or read book Verdi s La Traviata written by Giuseppe Verdi and published by . This book was released on 1888 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book La Traviata written by Giuseppe Verdi and published by . This book was released on 1888 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book La Traviata written by Giuseppe Verdi and published by Alma Classics. This book was released on 1981 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alfredo falls in love with the beautiful courtesan, Violetta Valery, who is dying from consumption. Violetta is persuaded by Giorgio, Alfredo's father, to sacrifice her happiness with Alfredo for the sake of family honor.
Download or read book Verdi s La Traviata written by Michael Steen and published by Icon Books Ltd. This book was released on 2013-02-20 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Verdi’s now-popular opera was a fiasco in Venice in 1853, attributable perhaps to the prima donna being noticeably obese, despite apparently wasting with tuberculosis. Soon, however, Verdi’s scandalous love story was on stage contemporaneously at Her Majesty’s Theatre, Covent Garden and Drury Lane. Piave’s libretto depicts Violetta and Alfredo Germont, the Marguerite and Armand of The Lady with the Camelias by Alexandre Dumas (son of the author of The Count of Monte Cristo and The Three Musketeers). The bestseller was based on the short life of the courtesan Marie Duplessis, mistress of a duke, a viscount and a baron – in Paris the ‘oldest profession’, prostitution, was the only way many women could survive, as Victor Hugo’s Les Misérables depicts. Featuring some of Verdi’s best-loved tunes, such as the ‘Brindisi’ and Violetta’s Sempre libera, La Traviata is enduringly popular. Violetta has been sung by international operatic sopranos such as Patti and Melba, and recently Gheorghiu. Some, like Joan Sutherland, have preferred to stay off-stage and make an opera recording. Domingo and Pavarotti have sung the role of Alfredo. Written by Michael Steen, author of the acclaimed The Lives and Times of the Great Composers, ‘Short Guides to Great Operas’ are concise, entertaining and easy to read. They are packed with useful information and informed opinion, helping to make you a truly knowledgeable opera-goer, and so maximising your enjoyment of a great musical experience. Other ‘Short Guides to Great Operas’ that you may enjoy include Rigoletto, Carmen and La Bohème.
Download or read book Verdi s la Traviata a Serious Opera in 3 Acts in Italian by F M Piave and English Contains the Music of the Favourite Melodies written by Francesco Maria Piave and published by . This book was released on 1883 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book La Traviata written by Giuseppe Verdi and published by . This book was released on 1888 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book La Traviata The Lost One An opera in three acts founded on the Dame aux Cam lias of Alexandre Dumas the Younger written by and published by . This book was released on 1860 with total page 22 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book La Traviata written by Giuseppe Verdi and published by Presses de l'Université de Montréal. This book was released on 1981 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book La Traviata An Opera in Three Acts written by Giuseppe Verdi and published by Alfred Music. This book was released on 1999-08-26 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An Opera Score composed by Giuseppe Verdi.
Download or read book Verdis Exceptional Women Giuseppina Strepponi and Teresa Stolz written by Caroline Ellsmore and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-12-14 with total page 431 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This investigation offers new perspectives on Giuseppe Verdi’s attitudes to women and the functions which they fulfilled for him. The book explores Verdi’s professional and personal relationship with women who were exceptional within the traditional socio-sexual structure of patria potestà, in the context of women’s changing status in nineteenth-century Italian society. It focusses on two women; the singers Giuseppina Strepponi, who supported and enhanced Verdi’s creativity at the beginning of his professional life and Teresa Stolz, who sustained his sense of self-worth at its end. Each was an essential emotional benefactor without whom Verdi’s career would not have been the same. The subject of the Strepponi-Verdi marriage and the impact of Strepponi’s past deserve further detailed and nuanced discussion. This book demonstrates Verdi’s shifting power-balance with Strepponi as she sought to retain intellectual self-respect while his success and control increased. The negative stereotypes concerning operatic ‘divas’ do not withstand scrutiny when applied either to Strepponi or to Stolz. This book presents a revisionist appraisal of Stolz through close examination of her letters. Revealing Stolz’s value to Verdi, they also provide contemporary operatic criticism and behind-the-scenes comment, some excerpts of which are published here in English for the first time.
