Seven Verdi Librettos

by Giuseppe Verdi

Book Overview

The listener, to understand the opera fully, should understand the situations, the shades of emotion, the nuances of characterization described in the music. William Weaver's translations of seven of the greatest Verdi operas are designed for maximum fidelity to the immediate word. Eschewing artistic renderings, Mr. Weaver offers, on facing pages, exact translations and the corresponding Italian text. The operas chosen for this edition represent Verdi's...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393008525
• ISBN13: 9780393008524
• Release Date: October 1977
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 544 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 4.9" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

Norton does it again...

W W Norton has been for many a year the staple of music students and teachers everywhere. Their classical scores are clear, and easy to follow. It would, therefore, be odd if their libretti didn't match their usually high standards of excellence. This one, obviously, did. The translations are clear, yet poetic, and still easy to follow. A completely worthwhile buy.