"New in paperback! This book comes at a time when opera-lovers, singers, directors, and critics alike are taking a new look at the dramatic soprano heroines created by Giuseppe Verdi and Giacomo Puccini, endeavoring to delve beyond inherited scholarly interpretation and gain a richer understanding of these compelling female characters. Artistically limited by the bel canto musical tradition popular at the time, Verdi launched a new style ..."
"Source Play La Forza del Destino is a radical reconception of the Spanish source
play, Don Alvaro, 0 la F uerza del Sino (1835), by Angel de Saavedra, Duke of
Rivas. Inspired by the works of Victor Hugo, this sprawling drama is often hailed
as a Spanish Hernani because of its importance in the history of romantic theater.
4 It is very much a concept drama, tracing the destiny which guides the Incan
prince Don Alvaro in his hapless d ..."
Verdi and Puccini Heroines Dramatic Characterization in Great Soprano Roles by Geoffrey Edwards, RyanEdwards Paperback, 216 Pages, Published 2000 by Scarecrow Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8108-4693-7, ISBN: 0-8108-4693-4
"New in paperback! This book comes at a time when opera-lovers, singers, directors, and critics alike are taking a new look at the dramatic soprano heroines created by Giuseppe Verdi and Giacomo Puccini, endeavoring to delve beyond inherited scholarly interpretation and gain a richer understanding of these compelling female characters. Artistically limited by the bel canto musical tradition popular at the time, Verdi launched a new style ..."