Description
| Author/Contributor(s): | Berger, William |
| Publisher: | Vintage |
| Date: | 9/12/2000 |
| Binding: | Paperback |
| Condition: | NEW |
Everything you could possibly know about Verdi and his operas, from the brilliant and humorous author of
Wagner Without Fear.
If you want to know why
La traviata was actually a flop at its premiere in 1853, it’s in you want to know why claiming to have heard Bjorling’s Chicago performance of
Il trovatore is the classic opera fan faux pas, it’s in if you just want to know how to pronounce Aida, or what the plot of
Rigoletto is all about, this is the place to the composer’s intense hatred of priests to synopses of the operas and a detailed discography of the best recordings to buy, it can all be found in
Verdi with a Berger has given another improbable performance, serving up a book as thorough as it is funny and as original as it is astute, an utterly indispensable guide for novice and expert alike.
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