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500 a| Librettos of the operas Orfeo, Ritorno d'Ulisse in patria, and L'Incoronazione di Poppea in Italian with English translations by Anne Ridler with commentary.;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references (page 208) and discography (pages 204-207).;

520 a| The first masterpiece of opera is Monteverdi's version of Orpheus, the legend celebrating the power of music and the triumph of song over death itself, and it dates from 1607. Composed for the court of Mantua, where Monteverdi was employed, it is very different in aesthetic from his two other surviving operas which he wrote more than thirty years later to entertain the Venetian audiences in the first public opera houses. All three are masterpieces, establishing their authors as among the greatest opera-writers of all time: Orfeo was long considered untranslatable because the text is so closely tied to the music, and the Venetian librettos owe some of their brilliance to the influence of Spanish Golden Age theatre. This opera guide is an opportunity to read all three of Monteverdi's major stage works together, in Anne Ridler's graceful translations. Iain Fenlon introduces the most recent research on Monteverdi and opera, and the other articles are devoted to the very different dramatic character of each work. During this century, and particularly in the last thirty years, these scores have been rediscovered and brought to life in many different ways: Jeremy Barlow has compiled the views of the composers, musicologists and performers who have contributed to this continuing debate about authenticity and drama.;

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The operas of Monteverdi.

Author/creator	Monteverdi, Claudio
Other author	Ridler, Anne, 1912-2001, translator.
Format	Book
Publication	London : Calder Publications Limited ; New York : Riverrun Press, [1992]
Description	208 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Subjects	Monteverdi, Claudio, 1567-1643. Operas. Operas--Librettos. Operas--Analysis, appreciation.

Uniform title	Operas. Librettos. English & Italian
Series	Opera guide ; 45 Opera guide ; 45. ^A176004
Contents	Monteverdi, opera and history / Ian Fenlon -- On translating opera / Anne Ridler -- Part one. Mantua. A masterpiece for a court / John Whenham ; Music examples -- 'Orfeo': favola in musica / Alessandro Striggio the younger -- Orfeo: English singing version / Anne Ridler -- Part two. Venice. Musical theatre in Venice / Paolo Fabbri -- The Spanish contribution to the birth of opera / Jack Sage -- Monteverdi returns to his homeland / Tim Carter ; Musical examples -- 'Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria': dramma in musica / Giacomo Badoaro -- The return of Ulysses: English singing version / Anne Ridler -- Public vice, private virtue / Ian Fenlon and Peter Miller ; Musical examples -- 'L'incoronazione di poppea': opera musicale / Giovanni Francesco Busenello -- The coronation of poppea: English singing version / Anne Ridler -- The revival of Monteverdi's operas in the twentieth century / Jeremy Barlow.
Abstract	The first masterpiece of opera is Monteverdi's version of Orpheus, the legend celebrating the power of music and the triumph of song over death itself, and it dates from 1607. Composed for the court of Mantua, where Monteverdi was employed, it is very different in aesthetic from his two other surviving operas which he wrote more than thirty years later to entertain the Venetian audiences in the first public opera houses. All three are masterpieces, establishing their authors as among the greatest opera-writers of all time: Orfeo was long considered untranslatable because the text is so closely tied to the music, and the Venetian librettos owe some of their brilliance to the influence of Spanish Golden Age theatre. This opera guide is an opportunity to read all three of Monteverdi's major stage works together, in Anne Ridler's graceful translations. Iain Fenlon introduces the most recent research on Monteverdi and opera, and the other articles are devoted to the very different dramatic character of each work. During this century, and particularly in the last thirty years, these scores have been rediscovered and brought to life in many different ways: Jeremy Barlow has compiled the views of the composers, musicologists and performers who have contributed to this continuing debate about authenticity and drama.
General note	Librettos of the operas Orfeo, Ritorno d'Ulisse in patria, and L'Incoronazione di Poppea in Italian with English translations by Anne Ridler with commentary.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (page 208) and discography (pages 204-207).
LCCN	91032133
ISBN	0714542075 :

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