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Vincenzo Bellini: Norma

Vincenzo Bellini: Norma

Kimbell, David
Wagner, Richard

Paperback

Series: Cambridge Opera Handbooks

General MusicOpera

ISBN10: 0521485142
ISBN13: 9780521485142
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: Sep 17 1998
Pages: 156
Weight: 0.42
Height: 0.34 Width: 5.34 Depth: 8.42
Language: English
Norma is considered one of 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 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 19th-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.

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