Il barbiere di Siviglia/Moise et Pharaon

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• Publisher: Overture Publishing
• Year: 2018
• Print ISBN: 9780714544373
• eBook ISBN: 9780714545134
• Topic: Medien & darstellende Kunst
• Subtopic: Musik

Rossini was one of the major innovators in the field of opera. Moise et Pharaon is a score which he revised for Paris ten years after it had been composed for Naples; the result shows the evolution of his taste over a decade - from the neoclassical sublime to spectacular Romantic grand opera. Il barbiere di Siviglia has been a favourite with the public since it opened, and Marco Spada analyses how its stylish comedy has been misunderstood. Other essays throw light on the working conditions of the "e;opera industry"e; in Rossini's Italy, on Balzac's delightful novel concerning Moses and on the exceptional challenge of performing this type of music to a high standard.Contents: Rossini: the Serious and the Comic, Philip Gossett; The Composer at Work, John Rosselli; The Roots of a Masterpiece, Marco Spada; A Personal View of Rossini, Ubaldo Gardini; Il barbiere di Siviglia: Libretto by Cesare Sterbini; The Barber of Seville: English version by Edward J. Dent; Balzac, Stendhal and Rossini's 'Moses', Pierluigi Petrobelli; From Sublime to Romantic, Richard Bernas; Moise et Pharaon: Libretto by Victor de Jouy and Louis Balochy; Moses: English translation by John and Nell Moody

Table of contents

• Rossini: the Serious and the Comic
• The Composer at Work
• The Roots of a Masterpiece
• A Personal View of Rossini
• Thematic Guide
• The Barber of Seville
• Act One
• Act Two
• Balzac, Stendhal, and Rossini's 'Moses'
• From Sublime to Romantic
• Thematic Guide
• Moses
• Act One
• Act Two
• Act Three
• Act Four
• Bibliography
• Discography