Monteverdi's Last Operas: A Venetian Trilogy.

XIV, 447 Seiten / p. Aus der Bibliothek von Prof. Wolfgang Haase, langjährigem Herausgeber der ANRW und des International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT) / From the library of Prof. Wolfgang Haase, long-time editor of ANRW and the International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT). - Probeexemplar. ansonsten tadelloser Zustand / examination copy, perfect condition - Claudio Monteverdi (1567—1643) was the first important composer of opera. This innovative study by one of the foremost experts on Monteverdi and seventeenth-century opera examines the com-poser’s celebrated final works—II ritorno d’Ulisse in patria (1640) and L’incoronazione di Poppea (1642)—from a new perspective. Ellen Rosand considers these works as not merely a pair but constituents of a trio, a Venetian trilogy that, Rosand argues, properly includes a third opera, Le nozze d’Enea e Lacinia (1641). Although its music has not survived, its chronological placement between the other two operas opens prospects for better understanding all three, both in their specifically Venetian context and as the creations of an old master. -- A thorough review of manuscript and printed sources of// ritorno d’Ulisse and L’incoronazione di Poppea, in conjunction with those of their erstwhile silent companion, offers new possibilities for resolving the questions of authenticity that have swirled around Mon-teverdi’s last operas since their discovery in the late nineteenth century. Le nozze d'Enea also helps to explain the striking differences between the other two, casting light on their contrasting moral ethos: the conflict between a world of emotional propriety and restraint and one of hedonistic abandon. -- Considering Monteverdi’s last operas as a trilogy deepens our appreciation and understanding of his achievement, his unique exploration of the dramatic potential of the art itself, and his creation of character and refinement of plot. Rosands original analysis and interpretation confirm Monteverdi’s claim to a special place in the history of opera and explain why his truest heirs are Handel, Mozart, and Verdi. ISBN 9780520249349