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| Genre/Form: | Critique et interprétation |
|---|---|
| Named Person: | Giacomo Puccini; Giacomo Puccini |
| Material Type: | Biography, Internet resource |
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Michele Girardi |
| ISBN: | 0226297578 9780226297576 |
| OCLC Number: | 42291010 |
| Notes: | Originally published as: Giacomo Puccini : l'arte internazionale di un musicista italiani. Venezia : Marsilio, c1995. |
| Description: | xvi, 530 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. |
| Contents: | 1. A dynasty of composers -- 2. Scapigliatura interlude -- 3. Manon Lescaut : Wagner and the eighteenth century -- 4. La Bohéme : the poetic reality -- 5. Tosca : Rome between faith and power -- 6. Madama Butterfly : an exotic tragedy -- 7. Puccini in the twentieth century -- 8. Wars, à la operetta -- 9. Experimental dramaturgy -- 10. Turandot! |
| Other Titles: | Giacomo Puccini. |
| Responsibility: | Michele Girardi ; translated by Laura Basini. |
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"A serious, long-overdue analysis of all of Puccini's great operas, filled with fascinating detail." - Reed Woodhouse, Boston Book Review "Girardi takes us through the operas, act by act, showing us how cleverly they're put together, and how thoroughly they are conversant not just with Wagner but also Berg, Schoenberg, Mahler, Stravinsky, Strauss, Debussy and others.... We also get a sampling of Puccini's correspondence, and the discreetest possible hint of the amorous embarrassments that he was forever getting involved in." - Jerry Fodor, London Review of Books "The most comprehensive Puccini study to date.... A major accomplishment, this book adds new dimensions to Puccini research and formal criticism." - Choice "It is high time for a biography worthy of Puccini, and that is what Michele Girardi has given us.... This is likely to remain definitive for a long time." - Richard Freed, Washington Post Book World Read more...
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