Falstaff / Giuseppe Verdi.
By: Verdi, Giuseppe
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Contributor(s): Boito, Arrigo.
Material type: 
ScorePublisher: New York : Dover Publications, 1980Description: 1 score (464 p.) ; 28 cm.ISBN: 0486240177.Subject(s): Operas -- Scores | Falstaff, John, Sir (Fictitious character) -- DramaDDC classification: OP/143
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
The plays of Shakespeare inspired Verdi's deepest resources. Macbeth (1847) was one of the composer's earliest operatic-dramatic triumphs and Otello (1887) was among his latest. At the end of his life Verdi astonished a public accustomed to his tragic fervor with Falstaff, a gem of pure comedy.
Verdi's last great work premiered in the composer's 80th year. This reproduction of the complete and unabridged score brings the final proof of the maestro's universality to the many students, musicians, and opera lovers who would see for themselves the summation of Verdi's brilliant orchestral and compositional powers. Ricordi was Verdi's original publisher; this reprint of his edition contains the standard, definitive score and includes English translations of the original front matter. Falstaff benefits from Verdi's understanding of Wagner and other operatic innovators. Nevertheless, between its concise but forceful orchestration and its copious melodic invention, it remains singularly Verdian. Its wit astonishes as much today as it did in 1893.
Opera.
Libretto by A. Boito.
Reprint of the 1893 ed. published by Ricordi, Milan.
Italian words.
Author notes provided by Syndetics
Giuseppe Verdi was born on October 10, 1813 in Le Ronocole, duchy of Parma, Italy. He studied with Vincenzo Lavigna, a musician at the La Scala opera house. After his first opera Oberto, Verdi left La Scala due to the untimely death of his wife and children. He was eventually convinced to come back and compose Nabucco, an opera based on Nebuchadrezzar II. He then went on to compose Rigoletto, Il Trovatore, La Traviata, Othello and Falstaff. He died on January 27, 1901 at the age of 87.(Bowker Author Biography)