VINCENZO BELLINI: NORMA by David R. B. Kimbell ( 9780521485142 )

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VINCENZO BELLINI: NORMA

By:

David R. B. Kimbell

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Paperback

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ISBN 10:

0521485142

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9780521485142

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Publisher:

CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS

Pub. date:

17 September, 1998

Series:

Cambridge Opera Handbooks

Pages:

156

Description:

An opera handbook, first published in 1998, on the popular and still performed opera Norma, by Vincenzo Bellini.

Synopsis:

Norma is by common consent the finest of the ten operas composed during Vincenzo Bellini's short career, representing his genius more comprehensively than is usually the case with any single work by an operatic composer. This 1998 handbook provides the biographical and cultural context of the opera. It gives a full synopsis and an examination of the music and poetry, which is rooted in the aesthetics of early nineteenth-century Italian opera. Professor Kimbell suggests something of the impression Norma has made on our imaginations and sensibilities in the 165 years since it was first produced in Milan in December 1831. He considers the great interpretations of the eponymous leading role. His discussion also embraces Bellini's work more generally by presenting some of the critical reactions to his music.

Illustrations:

5 b/w illus. 5 music examples

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Cambridge University Press

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