Chapter 63: Verdi and Italian Opera
Study Plan
Key Points
- The Italian nationalist composer Giuseppe Verdi is best known for his twenty-eight operas; they embody the spirit of Romantic drama and passion.
- Many of Verdi's operas draw on well-known literary sources, including several from Shakespeare plays (Macbeth, Otello, and Falstaff from Merry Wives of Windsor).
- Rigoletto, Verdi's opera based on a play by Victor Hugo, is one of the most performed works in the repertory today.
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