Description
Roberto Monaco
Rossini operista a Parigi
Preface by Cecilia Ligorio
pages 132
price € 15,00
size cm 15,5×23, binding with flaps
Scritti di Musica Series
ISBN 978-88-31274-96-8
- A book that reconstructs the musical environment of the time: a colorful and dynamic world, with impresarios, singers, conductors, the appreciation of composers friends and the envy of rivals, private life.
- The dry style of writing, quick and concise, direct and almost scientific, makes the book accessible to everyone.
- A lean but thorough essay, rigorous, extremely documented.
- Rich and updated bibliography.
- Useful indices of the names and works cited.
- his year Pesaro, the birthplace of Rossini, is the Italian Capital of Culture.
- Foreword by the renowned opera director Cecilia Ligorio.
- On the back cover, an enthusiastic comment by Sebastian F. Schwarz.
Reader profile
- opera fans
- scholars of history of music
- music students
Author’s profile
Roberto Monaco, former Professor of Mathematical Physics at the Polytechnic University of Turin, but passionate about music and opera, has poured scientific rigor into musicological research on the history of musical theater. Since 2013, he has coordinated the workshop “Architettura, Scenografia e Musica” in the master’s degree courses in Architecture in collaboration with the Teatro Regio of Turin. With Musica Practica he has published Meyerbeer and Donizetti e la Francia.