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The Listener’s Companion Gregg Akkerman, Series Editor Titles in The Listener’s Companion: A Scarecrow Press Music Series provide readerswithadeeperunderstandingofkeymusicalgenresandtheworkofmajorartists andcomposers.Aimedatnonspecialists, eachvolumeexplains inclearandaccessible languagehowtolistentoworksfromparticularartists,composers,andgenres.Looking atboththecontextinwhichthemusicfirstappearedandhassincebeenheard,authors explore with readers the environments in which key musical works were written and performed. ExperiencingStravinsky:AListener’sCompanion,byRobinMaconie,2013 ExperiencingMozart:AListener’sCompanion,byDavidSchroeder,2013 ExperiencingJazz:AListener’sCompanion,byMichaelStephans,2013 ExperiencingVerdi:AListener’sCompanion,byDonaldSanders,2014 EXPERIENCING VERDI A Listener’s Companion Donald Sanders THE SCARECROW PRESS, INC. Lanham • Boulder • New York • Toronto • Plymouth, UK 2014 PublishedbyScarecrowPress,Inc. AwhollyownedsubsidiaryofRowman&Littlefield 4501ForbesBoulevard,Suite200,Lanham,Maryland20706 www.rowman.com 10ThornburyRoad,PlymouthPL67PP,UnitedKingdom Copyright©2014byDonaldSanders Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthisbookmaybereproducedinanyformorby anyelectronicormechanicalmeans,includinginformationstorageandretriev- alsystems,withoutwrittenpermissionfromthepublisher,exceptbyareviewer whomayquotepassagesinareview. BritishLibraryCataloguinginPublicationInformationAvailable LibraryofCongressCataloging-in-PublicationData Sanders,DonaldC.,1949– ExperiencingVerdi:alistener’scompanion/DonaldSanders. pagescm.—(Thelistener’scompanion) Includesbibliographicalreferencesandindex. ISBN978-0-8108-8467-0(cloth:alk.paper)—ISBN978-0-8108-8468-7(electronic) 1.Verdi,Giuseppe,1813–1901—Criticismandinterpretation.2.Verdi,Giuseppe,1813–1901. Operas.3.Opera—Italy—19thcentury.I.Title. ML410.V4S342014 782.1092—dc23 2013034436 TMThepaperusedinthispublicationmeetstheminimumrequirements ofAmericanNationalStandardforInformationSciencesPermanenceofPaper forPrintedLibraryMaterials,ANSI/NISOZ39.48-1992. PrintedintheUnitedStatesofAmerica In memory of J. Bunker Clark Scholar, mentor, friend CONTENTS SeriesEditor’sForeword ix Introduction xi Timeline xv 1 ItalianOperabeforeVerdi 1 2 TheEarlyYears:Oberto 19 Oberto:Synopsis 25 Oberto:TheMusic 26 3 ChangeofFortuneand“YearsintheGalleys”:Nabucco, Ernani,Macbeth 33 Nabucco:Synopsis 35 Nabucco:TheMusic 37 Ernani:Synopsis 48 Ernani:TheMusic 50 Macbeth:Synopsis 57 Macbeth:TheMusic 59 4 “SignoraVerdi,”NewHopesforItaly,andThreeIconic Operas:Rigoletto,Iltrovatore,Latraviata 67 Rigoletto:Synopsis 78 Rigoletto:TheMusic 80 IlTrovatore:Synopsis 90 IlTrovatore:TheMusic 93 LaTraviata:Synopsis 101 LaTraviata:TheMusic 102 vii viii CONTENTS 5 VerditheStatesman:Unballoinmaschera,DonCarlos 111 Unballoinmaschera:Synopsis 120 Unballoinmaschera:TheMusic 122 DonCarlo(s):Synopsis 141 DonCarlo(s):TheMusic 144 6 ReturntoMilan:Aida,ManzoniRequiem 163 Aida:Synopsis 167 Aida:TheMusic 169 MessadaRequiem:TheMusic 185 7 TheFinalMasterworks:Otello,Falstaff 191 Otello:Synopsis 195 Otello:TheMusic 197 Falstaff:Synopsis 213 Falstaff:TheMusic 215 8 DeathoftheMaestro 229 Notes 233 Glossary 239 SelectedReading 243 SelectedListening 245 Operas 245 ChoralWorks 247 ChamberMusic 248 Index 249 AbouttheAuthor 255

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