{"product_id":"giuseppe-verdi-otello-paperback-9780521277495","title":"Giuseppe Verdi: Otello (Paperback) 9780521277495","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eGiuseppe Verdi: Otello\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSummarises what is currently known about Otello and interprets its significance within Verdi's career.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJames A. Hepokoski (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521277495, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 18 June 1987\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e224 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 1.3 cm, 0.29 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"...a highly original contribution to Verdi research in two respects.  First, Hepokoski has discovered important new material.  Second, he has developed a provocative theoretical model for analysis of the opera.\"   David Lawton, 19th Century Music\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eJames Hepokoski provides a reliable summary of what is currently known about Otello, along with an interpretation of the significance of  the work within Verdi's career. The book begins with a detailed synopsis which interweaves some of the specific stage action from the 1887 Milanese première. There follows a close consideration of how the opera was actually written: Arrigo Boito's derivation of the libretto from Shakespeare and the subsequent textual revisions; Verdi's composition of the opera from 1884 to 1887 and an overview of the revisions of the opera for Venice in 1887 and Paris in 1894. A further chapter outlines Verdi's own ideas for the performance of Otello and this is followed by William Ashbrook's summary of the opera's stage history up to the present. Professor Hepokoski continues by suggesting a new model for understanding the musical structure of Otello. The book concludes with a study of the opera as a work of Shakespearean adaptation.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1. Synopsis\u003cbr\u003e 2. Creating the libretto: Verdi and Boito in collaboration\u003cbr\u003e 3. The composition of the opera\u003cbr\u003e 4. Compositional afterthoughts and revisions: Milan, Venice and Paris\u003cbr\u003e 5. Of singers and staging: Verdi's ideas on performance\u003cbr\u003e 6. A brief performance history William Ashbrook\u003cbr\u003e 7. An introduction to the musical organization: the structures of Act II\u003cbr\u003e 8. Shakespeare reinterpreted.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Opera [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Opera\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Opera%20%5BAVGC9%5D%22\"\u003eAVGC9\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46003314458904,"sku":"9780521277495","price":20.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521277495i_57e6cebf-fbdb-4043-9566-934719b76e02.jpg?v=1691374385","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/giuseppe-verdi-otello-paperback-9780521277495","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}