Verdi in Victorian London

• Yazar: Massimo Zicari (auth)
• Materyal Türü: Elektronik Kitap Bölümü
• Dil: İngilizce
• Baskı/Yayın Bilgisi: Open Book Publishers
• Konular: Biography & True Stories; music; opera; London; Victorian era
• Online Erişim: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Now a byword for beauty, Verdi's operas were far from universally acclaimed when they reached London in the second half of the nineteenth century. Why did some critics react so harshly? Who were they, and what biases and prejudices animated them? When did their antagonistic attitude change? And...