{"product_id":"dallapiccola-on-opera-9780907689096","title":"Dallapiccola on Opera","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBrings out Dallapiccola's enduring importance as critic as well as composer.\u003c\/b\u003eThe Italian composer Luigi Dallapiccola [1904-75] always characterised himself as a `man of the theatre', and \u003ci\u003eIl Prigioniero\u003c\/i\u003e [The Prisoner] has been performed more often than any other Italian opera since Puccini. \u003ci\u003eDallapiccola on Opera\u003c\/i\u003e, the first collection of his writings to appear in English, proves that he was also an inspired essayist and critic.  To the directness and psychological insight of his narrative style, Dallapiccola adds probing observation of details in the critical texts that form the core of this book. Whether writing about familiar masterpieces like Mozart's \u003ci\u003eDon Giovanni\u003c\/i\u003e and Verdi's \u003ci\u003eFalstaff\u003c\/i\u003e, Mussorgsky's \u003ci\u003eBoris Godunov\u003c\/i\u003e and Debussy's \u003ci\u003ePelleas et Melisande\u003c\/i\u003e, or discussing such great but problematic works as Monteverdi's \u003ci\u003eIl Ritorno di Ulisse in patria\u003c\/i\u003e, Busoni's \u003ci\u003eDoktor Faust\u003c\/i\u003e and Verdi's \u003ci\u003eSimon Boccanegra\u003c\/i\u003e, Dallapiccola illuminates fundamental, previously unnoticed dramatic and musical aspects.","brand":"Toccata Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49406514463063,"sku":"9780907689096","price":13.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780907689096.jpg?v=1730496109","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/dallapiccola-on-opera-9780907689096","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}