by Charles Osborne · Barrie & Jenkins · tapa dura · ISBN 9780214206542
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«Rigoletto: A Guide to the Opera» is Charles Osborne's opera guide, published by Barrie & Jenkins in hardcover (160 pages, in English).
Charles Osborne examines the origin and composition of Giuseppe Verdi's opera Rigoletto, as well as its connection to Victor Hugo's play 'Le Roi s'amuse'. The book offers a summary of the plot, an analysis of the music, and a survey of the most significant performances; it also includes the libretto in Italian with an English translation by Osborne himself.
First edition published in London in 1979. A volume in the Masterworks of opera series, edited by Charles Osborne, with a foreword by Tito Gobbi.
For the general public interested in opera and Verdi's work, as well as for music students.
American architect, professor at Cornell University and U. of Pennsylvania
