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Opera explained.
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| System Details |
Requires OverDrive Media Console (file size: 37979 KB). |
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Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
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Downloadable audio file. |
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Title from: Title details screen. |
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Unabridged. |
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Duration: 1:19:16. |
| Performer |
Narrated by David Timson ; with the music of Verdi. |
| Summary |
This series introduces, in words and music, the plot and background of major operas. Using the principal themes and arias, taken from the Naxos recording of the complete work, Thomson Smillie is informative yet entertaining, enabling the listener to get more from this remarkable art form. Il trovatore has been ruthlessly parodied. It is a tale of murder and mayhem, burned babies, roasted hags, would-be nuns, strolling minstrels and bad baritones. And indeed the libretto does call for a willing suspension of disbelief. The reward is in the music, a score as prodigally melodic as only the mature Verdi could write: the 'Anvil' Chorus, the 'Miserere' scene, two great tenor arias, a beautiful baritone aria, a richness without embarrassment. |
| Subject |
Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901. Trovatore.
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Operas -- Analysis, appreciation. -- Sound recordings.
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Operas -- Stories, plots, etc. -- Sound recordings.
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Operas -- Excerpts. -- Sound recordings.
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| Added Author |
Timson, David.
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Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901.
Trovatore. Selections.
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| Added Title |
Verdi |
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Trovatore |
| ISBN |
(sound recording : OverDrive Audio Book) |
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