The Operas of Verdi Volume 2 From Il Trovatore to La Forza del Destino [Paperback]

Volume Two covers those works written during the decadence of the post-Rossini period. During this time, Verdi, having exhausted the vein of simple lyricism to be found inIl TrovatoreandLa Traviata, achieved self-renewal in direct confrontation with the masters of the Paris Opera with hisLes V?pres Siciliennes. A new scale and variety of musical thought can be sensed in the Italian operas that follow, culminating inLa Forza del Destino.