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A duecento anni dalla nascita di Giuseppe Verdi questo libro intende celebrare uno dei più grandi artisti di ogni tempo, uno dei geni che l’Italia ha dato al mondo. Le sue opere da quando sono nate commuovono, emozionano, a volte indignano e scandalizzano, ma comunque fanno pensare, ascoltatori...

La produzione poetica significativa leopardiana è tutta raccolta in quest’opera: questa consta di quarantu-no testi di varia lunghezza, composti tra il 1816 e il 1837. L’edizione definitiva dell’opera uscì postuma (1845) e si presenta come una fedele copia della seconda edizione corretta dall’autore...

Quindici opere, venti interviste: venti conversazioni con alcuni dei più grandi interpreti dell’Opera contemporanea – direttori d’orchestra, registi, cantanti – che si sono confrontati con il Maestro di Busseto. Leonetta Bentivoglio, critico teatrale e musicale di «Repubblica», ha chiesto...

Conto da antologia Space Opera: Aventuras fabulosas por universos extraordinários por Hugo Vera, editor e idealizador da série Space Opera. A guerra galáctica contra o Império Draconiano já dura dois anos, em meio a intensas batalhas espaciais e planetárias ao custo de milhões de vidas. Nesse...

Dies ist das Libretto zur Oper Polly: An Opera. Genießen Sie zum Klang Ihrer Lieblingsoper die Original-Texte auf Ihrem Bildschirm. Einzelne Akte und, falls mehrsprachig, Sprachen lassen sich über das Inhaltsverzeichnis auswählen.

The fascinating personal story of one of the most celebrated talents in today’s music scene The star of the Metropolitan Opera's recent revival of Dvorak's Rusalka, soprano Renée Fleming brings a consummately beautiful voice, striking interpretive talents, and compelling artistry to bear...

Everything you could possibly know about Verdi and his operas, from the brilliant and humorous author of Wagner Without Fear. If you want to know why La traviata was actually a flop at its premiere in 1853, it's in here.  If you want to know why claiming to have heard Bjorling's Chicago performance...

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ "An action-packed, fun and intelligent adventure into the unknown." - YourBookAuthors.com Enemy activity had fallen into an eerie calm, but everyone felt the coming storm—a terrible storm, poised to unleash its fury upon the galaxy. It seemed as though...

Hostile aliens nearly eradicated humanity. Will the next encounter finish the job? Sixteen billion dead. In humanity's last brush with the Merkiaari, it was nearly wiped out in a war that spanned decades. When survey ship Captain Jeff Colgan discovers a new alien race, he's required to investigate. As...

NEW ENTRY IN DAVID DRAKE'S LANDMARK RCN SERIES ADVENTURES BEYOND THE EDGE OF THE KNOWN UNIVERSE The truce between Cinnabar and the Alliance is holding, and the Republic of Cinnabar Navy is able to explore regions of the galaxy without the explorers being swept up in great power conflict. The...

Growing up, Travis Uriah Long yearned for order and discipline in his life . . . the two things his neglectful mother couldn’t or wouldn’t provide. So when Travis enlisted in the Royal Manticoran Navy, he thought he’d finally found the structure he’d always wanted so desperately. But...

Come along, a millennium into the future… if you dare. The Central Galactic Concordance government boasts 500 member planets and 200 years of prosperity, thanks to the sprawling Citizen Protection Service. The agency uses any means necessary to keep the peace, from allying with giant pharma...

In Two Minds... is the story of Jonathan Miller, one of post war Britain's most intriguing polymaths. Descended from immigrants who fled Tsarist anti-Semitism to become shopkeepers in Ireland and London's East End, Miller was born into an intellectual milieu, between Bloomsbury and Harley Street -...

The story of an Australian girl who defied convention and became the most famous singer of her era. Growing up in Melbourne, Nellie Mitchell dreamed of fame, but her devout father disapproved. When a chance arose to go to Paris, she trusted in her musical talent and hoped for a lucky break. Within...