Verdi and the evolution of the Aida libretto
Study of the documentation pertaining to the evolution of Verdi's operas from Ernani (1844) to Falstaff (1893) reveals that, in many cases, the composer was pre-eminently the creator of large parts of the texts. Verdi worked very closely with his poets and other advisors preparing and reviewing...
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University of British Columbia
2010
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/2429/27121 |