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The Cambridge Companion to Rossini
This collection of specially commissioned essays on one of the most influential opera composers is divided into four parts, each exploring an important element of Rossini's work and his world. Chapters by specialists chart the course of Rossini's life and career through analysis of his reception; operatic texts and non-operatic works; and the individual Tancredi, Il barbiere di Siviglia, Semiramide, and Guillaume Tell.
282 pages, Paperback
First published April 28, 2004
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February 4, 2015
Fifteen essays on the Italian opera composer Gioachino Rossini. Like all the Cambridge Companions, this tries to cover all aspects of the composer, and therefore is somewhat uneven. The two papers by Richard Osborne, for example, one on his biography and one on the non-operatic works, are inevitably summaries of the relevant parts of his book (even to the exact wording.)
The volume covers reception history (a strong point of all the Cambridge Companions), various aspects of the operas in general, analysis of four operas in particular (the preface says four "representative" operas, but in fact they are the four best known of the 39), singing and staging, and the editing of the new critical edition in progress.
The volume covers reception history (a strong point of all the Cambridge Companions), various aspects of the operas in general, analysis of four operas in particular (the preface says four "representative" operas, but in fact they are the four best known of the 39), singing and staging, and the editing of the new critical edition in progress.
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