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Seven Verdi Librettos

by Giuseppe Verdi

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Italian-English Libretti for Seven Landmark Verdi Operas

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Italian-English Libretti for Seven Landmark Verdi Operas

This volume brings together the libretti for seven Verdi operas—Rigoletto, Il Trovatore, La Traviata, Un ballo in maschera, Aida, Otello, and Falstaff—spanning early, middle, and late phases of the composer’s career. William Weaver places Italian originals alongside direct English translations, prioritizing the immediate meaning of the words. The facing-page format makes it a practical companion for following dramatic situations, characterization, and emotional detail as they connect to the music. More reference guide than interpretive study, it concentrates on the texts of the operas themselves and offers a broad entry point into Verdi’s theatrical output.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Opera listeners who want to follow Verdi’s texts in Italian and English
  • Music students studying opera libretti and dramatic context
  • Verdi enthusiasts seeking seven major works in one volume

Themes

Opera librettiItalian-English translationVerdi’s operasDramatic characterizationMusic and text

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Book overview

The listener, to understand the opera fully, should understand the situations, the shades of emotion, the nuances of characterization described in the music. William Weaver's translations of seven of the greatest Verdi operas are designed for maximum fidelity to the immediate word. Eschewing artistic renderings, Mr. Weaver offers, on facing pages, exact translations and the corresponding Italian text. The operas chosen for this edition represent Verdi's major achievements in each of the significant periods of his creative life: the first trio of masterpieces, Rigoletto, Il Trovatore, and La Traviata; Un ballo in maschera and Aida from the middle period; Otello and Falstaff, the great late works. The music student as well as the opera buff will find this volume a very useful guide to Verdi's world.
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