Author: Gustavo Marchesi, ENGLISH VERSION. Published by Skira Editore S.p.A., Milano, Italy, 2009, 1st Edition. Printed in Italy. Like New Condition SOFTCOVER Book, with beautiful fold out covers, and heavy gloss paper. Clean inside, tight spine. Size: 8.25 x 6.75 inch, 119 pages.
VERDI: Giuseppe Verdi by Gustavo Marchesi, is an accessible, richly illustrated biographical monograph designed to bridge the gap between rigorous musicology and a general love for opera, and translated into this RARE English 1st Edition by Elizabeth Tauroza and Adam Victor, for Scriptum Rome.
The book charts the monumental life of Giuseppe Verdi (1813–1901), tracing his development from modest beginnings in the hamlet of Le Roncole to his status as the absolute titan of 19th-century Italian lyric theatre. Marchesi balances Verdi's profound musical evolution with his complex, fiercely private, and sometimes contradictory personality.
True to Skira's signature editorial style, the text acts as a companion to 75 high-quality color and black-and-white illustrations. Rather than getting bogged down in dense, overly academic musical theory, Marchesi relies on historical letters, archival set designs, portraits, and photographs to give a vivid, theatrical sense of the era. The translation by Elizabeth Tauroza and Adam Victor preserves Marchesi's engaging, narrative-driven flow, making it as much a visual history of 19th-century opera as it is a biography.
ISBN: 9788857204789
GC&C Stock #5377
