PIERO MIOLI: TWENTIETH-CENTURY ITALIAN OPERA

PIERO MIOLI: TWENTIETH-CENTURY ITALIAN OPERA Whatever one might believe or say, opera is in excellent health, both in Italy and abroad. Nineteenth-century repertoire fills seasons around the world, while twentieth-century composers still have to contend with a less than enthusiastic audience. In other words, with Puccini's Turandot (which was also released posthumously), that's enough; it's over, the composers are too many and heterogeneous. Not at all, because almost a century has passed since 1926, and the vast accumulation of material mourns, or perhaps, better, demands broad, comprehensive, truly or simply historiographical consideration. This book attempts to console and honor it, introducing, framing, dividing, and summarizing the hundred years; and while it suspends them between aesthetics and current events, but also between records and books, it traces them with many names and surnames, titles and characters, composers and librettists, conductors and orchestras, directors and set designers, critics and singers. Too many? The twentieth century may be short for certain well-known reasons, but given the quantity of its products and testimonies of art and music, it is long, very long, inevitably finite, yet rendered almost infinite by young musicians who emerged toward its end and are well-positioned to work and produce in the 21st century. Page 780 The Publisher does not sell directly to the public. To purchase this volume, interested parties may contact services such as Amazon, IBS, and others, but the Publisher suggests contacting your local bookstore. This is a way to help support independent booksellers. Manzoni Editore is distributed nationwide by CDA. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4cPXGRKb364