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English National Opera Guides are ideal companions to the opera. They provide stimulating introductory articles together with the complete text of each opera in English and the original. Verdi came to Shakespeare through Italian translation and had never seen Macbeth on stage... Read Full Overview

Excerpt from Macbeth: Melodramma in Quattro Parti Norvegia, e, nell'ebbrezza della gloria, sorpreso dalle streghe che fanno sfolgorare ai suoi occhi, qual promessa del de stino, l'immagine della grandezza ch'egli non puo couse guire se non per via d' un delitto. Iustigato dalla... Read Full Overview

(Vocal Score). Italian/English. Translated by Ducloux.

Vocal Score

(Opera). Italian/English.

Verdi had a special fondness for Macbeth, and the first version of his opera based on Shakespeare's play is arguably the most important work of his formative years. But dissatisfied with the work of his librettist, Francesco Maria Piave, Verdi reworked the text himself... Read Full Overview

Libretto d'opera del Macbeth. Versione integrale di una delle pi note creazioni di Verdi e del librettista Francesco Maria Piave, arricchito in appendice da un percorso di schede illustrate su storia, aneddoti e curiosit legati all'opera. Il formato tascabile ma al tempo stesso... Read Full Overview

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections
such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact,
or were introduced by the scanning process. We... Read Full Overview

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... Read Full Overview

Vocal Score

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... Read Full Overview

Ristampa immutata dell'edizione originale del 1874.