Verdi's Falstaff in Letters and Contemporary Reviews

By Hans Busch

Features creation and productions of Falstaff recounted by the composer, the librettist, and the publisher. This is a story of the lives of a triumvirate: the octogenarian Verdi, librettist Arrigo Boito, and their publisher, Giulio Ricordi. Lending insight into the mores of the fin de si cle are the letters exchanged by Boito and Eleonora Duse.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0253329809
• ISBN13: 9780253329806
• Release Date: July 1998
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Length: 637 Pages
• Weight: 2.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.5" x 1.7" x 6.4"