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Staging Scenes from the Operas of Donizetti and Verdi : A Guide for Directors and Performers.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Blue Ridge Summit : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated, 2016Copyright date: ©2016Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (285 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781442257832
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Staging Scenes from the Operas of Donizetti and VerdiDDC classification:
  • 792.5023
LOC classification:
  • MT955.F45 2017
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Figures -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- PartI. STAGING SCENES FROM DONIZETTI'S L'ELISIR D'AMORE (1832) Creating a Village -- Ch01. Chorus, Bel conforto al mietitore (Giannetta and Villagers) -- Ch02. Recitative and Duet, Chiedi all'aura lusinghiera (Adina and Nemorino) -- Ch03. Recitative and Duet, Voglio dire (Nemorino and Dulcamara) -- Ch04. Recitative, Caro elisir, sei mio!(Nemorino) Scene and Duet, Esulti pur la barbara (Adina and Nemorino) -- Ch05. Chorus, Saria possibile?(Giannetta and Girls) Quartet, Dell'elisir mirabile (Adina, Giannetta, Nemorino,Dulcamara, and Girls) -- Ch06. Recitative and Duet, Quanto amore (Adina and Dulcamara) -- Ch07. Romanza, Una furtiva lagrima (Nemorino) Aria and Duettino, Prendi per me se libero (Adina and Nemorino) -- PartII. STAGING SCENES FROM DONIZETTI'S LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR (1835) -- Ch08. Recitative and Cavatina, Regnava nel silenzio (Lucia and Alisa) Recitative and Duet,Sulla tomba che rinserra (Lucia and Edgardo) -- Ch09. Recitative and Duet, Il pallor funesto, orrendo (Normanno, Enrico, and Lucia) -- Ch10. Recitative and Sextet, Chi mi frena in tal momento( Lucia, Alisa, Edgardo, Arturo,Enrico, and Raimondo) -- PartIII. STAGING SCENES FROM DONIZETTI'S DON PASQUALE (1843) -- Ch11. Arias, Bella siccome un angelo (Dr. Malatesta withDon Pasquale) Un foco insolito (Don Pasquale) -- Ch12. Aria, So anch'io la virtu magica (Norina) Duet, Pronta io son(Norina and Malatesta) -- Ch13. Trio, Via, da brava (Norina, Malatesta, and Don Pasquale) -- Ch14. Serenade and Nocturne, Com'è gentil (Ernesto and Chorus)Duet, Tornami a dir che m'ami (Ernesto and Norina) -- Intermezzo: Improvisations and Exercises -- Part IV. STAGING SCENES FROM VERDI'S RIGOLETTO (1851) -- Ch15. Duet, Deh, non parlare al misero (Gilda, Rigoletto, and Giovanna).
Ch16. Recitative and Duet, Signor ne principe io lo vorrei (Gilda, Duke, and Giovanna) Recitative and Aria,Caro nome (Gilda) -- Ch17. Recitative and Duet,Tutte le feste al tempio(Gilda and Rigoletto) -- Ch18. Recitative and Canzone, E l'ami? . . . La donna è mobile (Gilda, Rigoletto, and Duke) Quartet, Un dì, se ben rammentomi (Duke, Maddalena, Rigoletto, and Gilda) -- PartV. STAGING SCENES FROM VERDI'S LA TRAVIATA (1853) -- Ch19. Duet, Un dì felice, eterea (Violetta and Alfredo) Recitative and Aria, Ah, fors'è lui che l'anima . . . Sempre libera (Violetta) -- Ch20. Scene and Duet, Pure siccome un angelo . . . Dite alla giovine . . . Morrò! la mia memoria (Violetta, Germont, Annina, and Giuseppe) -- Ch21. Scene, Dammi tu forza, o cielo! (Violetta and Alfredo) Recitative and Aria,Di Provenza il mar, il suol (Germont and Alfredo) -- Observations -- Recommended Reading -- Index -- About the Author.
Summary: Veteran opera director William Ferrara walks the reader through the staging of twenty-five scenes from two of opera's most beloved composers. He brings to life Donizetti's delightful comedies and guides us through the dark world of Lucia di Lammmermoor. He discusses the hard moral choices in Verdi's tragedies and invigorates the grisly melodramas.
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Intro -- Contents -- Figures -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- PartI. STAGING SCENES FROM DONIZETTI'S L'ELISIR D'AMORE (1832) Creating a Village -- Ch01. Chorus, Bel conforto al mietitore (Giannetta and Villagers) -- Ch02. Recitative and Duet, Chiedi all'aura lusinghiera (Adina and Nemorino) -- Ch03. Recitative and Duet, Voglio dire (Nemorino and Dulcamara) -- Ch04. Recitative, Caro elisir, sei mio!(Nemorino) Scene and Duet, Esulti pur la barbara (Adina and Nemorino) -- Ch05. Chorus, Saria possibile?(Giannetta and Girls) Quartet, Dell'elisir mirabile (Adina, Giannetta, Nemorino,Dulcamara, and Girls) -- Ch06. Recitative and Duet, Quanto amore (Adina and Dulcamara) -- Ch07. Romanza, Una furtiva lagrima (Nemorino) Aria and Duettino, Prendi per me se libero (Adina and Nemorino) -- PartII. STAGING SCENES FROM DONIZETTI'S LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR (1835) -- Ch08. Recitative and Cavatina, Regnava nel silenzio (Lucia and Alisa) Recitative and Duet,Sulla tomba che rinserra (Lucia and Edgardo) -- Ch09. Recitative and Duet, Il pallor funesto, orrendo (Normanno, Enrico, and Lucia) -- Ch10. Recitative and Sextet, Chi mi frena in tal momento( Lucia, Alisa, Edgardo, Arturo,Enrico, and Raimondo) -- PartIII. STAGING SCENES FROM DONIZETTI'S DON PASQUALE (1843) -- Ch11. Arias, Bella siccome un angelo (Dr. Malatesta withDon Pasquale) Un foco insolito (Don Pasquale) -- Ch12. Aria, So anch'io la virtu magica (Norina) Duet, Pronta io son(Norina and Malatesta) -- Ch13. Trio, Via, da brava (Norina, Malatesta, and Don Pasquale) -- Ch14. Serenade and Nocturne, Com'è gentil (Ernesto and Chorus)Duet, Tornami a dir che m'ami (Ernesto and Norina) -- Intermezzo: Improvisations and Exercises -- Part IV. STAGING SCENES FROM VERDI'S RIGOLETTO (1851) -- Ch15. Duet, Deh, non parlare al misero (Gilda, Rigoletto, and Giovanna).

Ch16. Recitative and Duet, Signor ne principe io lo vorrei (Gilda, Duke, and Giovanna) Recitative and Aria,Caro nome (Gilda) -- Ch17. Recitative and Duet,Tutte le feste al tempio(Gilda and Rigoletto) -- Ch18. Recitative and Canzone, E l'ami? . . . La donna è mobile (Gilda, Rigoletto, and Duke) Quartet, Un dì, se ben rammentomi (Duke, Maddalena, Rigoletto, and Gilda) -- PartV. STAGING SCENES FROM VERDI'S LA TRAVIATA (1853) -- Ch19. Duet, Un dì felice, eterea (Violetta and Alfredo) Recitative and Aria, Ah, fors'è lui che l'anima . . . Sempre libera (Violetta) -- Ch20. Scene and Duet, Pure siccome un angelo . . . Dite alla giovine . . . Morrò! la mia memoria (Violetta, Germont, Annina, and Giuseppe) -- Ch21. Scene, Dammi tu forza, o cielo! (Violetta and Alfredo) Recitative and Aria,Di Provenza il mar, il suol (Germont and Alfredo) -- Observations -- Recommended Reading -- Index -- About the Author.

Veteran opera director William Ferrara walks the reader through the staging of twenty-five scenes from two of opera's most beloved composers. He brings to life Donizetti's delightful comedies and guides us through the dark world of Lucia di Lammmermoor. He discusses the hard moral choices in Verdi's tragedies and invigorates the grisly melodramas.

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