Il barbiere di Siviglia ; Moïse et Pharaon = The barber of Seville ; Moses / Gioachino Rossini.
| Author/creator | Rossini, Gioacchino |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Richmond : Overture Publishing, 2011. |
| Description | 160 pages : illustrations, music ; 22 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Included Work | Sterbini, Cesare, 1784-1831. Barbiere di Siviglia. English. |
| Included Work | Sterbini, Cesare, 1784-1831. Barbiere di Siviglia. Italian. |
| Included Work | Sterbini, Cesare, 1784-1831 librettist. |
| Included Work | Balocchi, Luigi, 1766-1832, librettist. |
| Included Work | Jouy, Étienne de, 1764-1846 librettist. |
| Included Work | Dent, Edward J. (Edward Joseph), 1876-1957 translator. |
| Included Work | Moody, John, 1906-1993, translator. |
| Included Work | Moody, Nell, translator. |
| Included Work | John, Nicholas, editor. |
| Other author/creator | English National Opera. |
| Other author/creator | Royal Opera House (London, England) |
| Parallel title | Barber of Seville |
| Parallel title | Moses |
| Series | Opera guide ; 36 Opera guide ; 36. ^A176004 |
| Contents | Rossini: the serious and the comic / Philip Gossett -- The composer at work / John Rosselli -- The roots of a masterpiece / Marco Spada -- A personal view of Rossini / Ubaldo Gardini -- Thematic guide -- Il barbiere di Siviglia = The barber of Seville / libretto by Cesare Sterbini ; English version by Edward J. Dent -- Balzac, Stendhal and Rossini's Moses / Pierluigi Petrobelli -- From sublime to romantic / Richard Bernas -- Thematic guide -- Moïse et Pharaon = Moses / libretto by Victor de Jouy and Louis Balochy ; English translation by John and Nell Moody. |
| Abstract | Rossini was one of the major innovators in the field of opera. Moïse et Pharaon is a score which he revised for Paris ten years after it had been composed for Naples; the result shows the evolution of his taste over a decade--from the neoclassical sublime to spectacular Romantic grand opera. Il barbiere di Siviglia has been a favourite with the public since it opened, and Marco Spada analyses how its stylish comedy has been misunderstood. Other essays throw light on the working conditions of the "opera industry" in Rossini's Italy, on Balzac's delightful novel concerning Moses and on the exceptional challenge of performing this type of music to a high standard. |
| General note | Includes the librettos of Il barbiere di Siviglia by Ceasre Sterbini in Italian, and of Moïse et Pharaon by Victor de Jouy and Luigi Balocchi after Andrea Leone Tottola in French, with parallel English translations by Edward J. Dent (first work) and John and Nell Moody (second work), and commentary. |
| General note | "Published in association with English National Opera and The Royal Opera." |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (page 158) and discography (page 159). |
| Language | Italian, English, and French text. |
| ISBN | 9780714544373 |