Edition |
New edition. |
Description |
160 pages : illustrations (black and white), portraits, music ; 22 cm. |
Series |
Overture opera guides / Nicholas John, series editor ; 36
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Overture opera guides ; 36.
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Note |
Includes various articles about the opera, thematic guide, discography, and the libretto. |
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Published in association with English National Opera. |
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"This Opera guide first published by John Calder (Publishers) Ltd in 1985"--T.p. verso. |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
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 -- Thematic guide -- 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 -- Thematic guide -- Moïse et Pharaon / libretto by Victor de Jouy and Louis Balochy -- Moses / English translation by John and Nell Moody -- Bibliography -- Discography. |
Language |
In English; libretto in Italian with English translation. |
Subject |
Operas -- Italy -- 19th century -- History and criticism.
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Operas. |
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Italy. |
Chronological Term |
19th century |
Subject |
Operas -- Librettos.
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Operas -- Librettos. |
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Rossini, Gioacchino, 1792-1868. Barbiere di Siviglia.
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Rossini, Gioacchino, 1792-1868. Moïse et Pharaon.
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Genre/Form |
Librettos.
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Librettos.
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Added Author |
Libretto for (work): Rossini, Gioacchino, 1792-1868.
Barbiere di Siviglia.
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Libretto for (expression): Rossini, Gioacchino, 1792-1868.
Barbiere di Siviglia. English.
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Libretto for (work): Rossini, Gioacchino, 1792-1868.
Moïse et Pharaon.
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Libretto for (expression): Rossini, Gioacchino, 1792-1868.
Moïse et Pharaon. English.
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Sterbini, Cesare, 1784-1831.
Barbiere di Siviglia.
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Balocchi, Luigi, 1766-1832.
Moïse et Pharaon.
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Dent, Edward J. (Edward Joseph), 1876-1957, translator.
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Moody, John, 1906-1993, translator.
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Moody, Nell, translator.
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John, Nicholas, editor.
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English National Opera.
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Added Title |
Barber of Seville |
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Moses |
ISBN |
9780714544373 |
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071454437X |
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