Verdi: The Man Revealed

by John Suchet

Book Overview

Giuseppe Verdi remains Italy's greatest operatic composer and a man of apparent contradictions--vividly brought to life through a nuanced examination of his life and monumental music.

Giuseppe Verdi remains the greatest operatic composer that Italy, the home of opera, has ever produced. Yet throughout his lifetime he claimed to detest composing and repeatedly rejected it. He was a landowner, a farmer, a politician and symbol of Italian independence;...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1681777681
• ISBN13: 9781681777689
• Release Date: July 2018
• Publisher: Pegasus Books
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 2.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 7.0" x 9.0"