MUSIC 1AA3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: La Fenice, Francesco Maria Piave, Il Trovatore
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Lecture 19 - giuseppe verdi + la traviata. Italian composer: widowed with 2 children at the age of 26, compose 28 operas, his operas are cornerstones for the operatic world. Well liked, artistic and commercial success, nancially stable: ex. La traviata, rigoletto, aida, and il trovatore: had a huge funeral in milan, largest public assembly in italian history. Lived with a woman out of wedlock after his rst wife died. Was living with a soprano, giuessipina streppino. Lived together 11 years and then got married: she was shunned by the church because of this state that she was living un married with verdi. 19th century opera was very virtuosic, demanding for the soprano voice. Demanding in their technical ability + to portray emotions: (need to project fear, ecstasy, pain in a few minutes on stage) He didn"t do too much travelling: did have some occasional trips to london and vienna, he didn"t stay long outside of italy.
