Operas of Verdi: From Don Carlos to Falstaff, Vol. 3

Volume Three covers roughly a quarter of a century, a period which saw grand opera on the Parisian model established throughout Italy, the reform of the Conservatories, and the spread of cosmopolitan influences to an extent that convinced many that Italian music was losing its identity. Verdiproduced his four last and greatest operas--Don Carlos, Aida, Otello, and Falstaff--in this period, which ended with the advent of "verisimo," in which a new, recognizably Italian idiom was inaugurated.Budden, Julian is the author of 'Operas of Verdi: From Don Carlos to Falstaff, Vol. 3' with ISBN 9780195204513 and ISBN 0195204514.