Giuseppe Verdi and the nexus of music and politics: An interview with author Alberto Nones.

August 9, 2014 · by Phillip Nones | in Classical Music, Composers, Opera | tagged Alberto Nones, Ascoltando Verdi, Bizet, Carmen, Cavour, Classical Music, Florent Schmitt Blog, French Opera, Giacomo Meyerbeer, Giuseppe Verdi, Giuseppina Strepponi, Italian Independence, Italian Opera, Italy, Meyerbeer, Nones, Opera, Paris Opera, Piedmont, Princeton University, Riccardo Zandonai, Risorgimento, Romantic Era, The Doors, Verdi, Vespri Siciliani, Viroli, Wagner | Leave a comment

“For Verdi, music was an integral part of reality … a force behind history …” In something of a change of pace for regular readers of the Florent Schmitt Blog, this post is on the topic of the Italian operatic composer Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901). Highly successful during his lifetime, his fame has hardly dimmed in […]