An Introduction to Rossini: "Trancredi" (Opera Explained S.)

ISBN 10: 1843790807 ISBN 13: 9781843790808

Publisher: Naxos AudioBooks, 2004

Synopsis

Rossini's comic operas, like The Barber of Seville, are better known than his tragedies though he wrote in fact many more tragedies than comedies. One of them, his last, William Tell, is actually credited with launching the whole age of Grand Opera. Tancredi is an early work - indeed his first smash hit - and it established his international fame. It has all the youthful verve of the comedies allied to a sure dramatic sense, and several of the arias, including the famous 'Di tanti palpiti', are magnificent examples of the sort of virtuoso vocal writing that earns the title 'bel canto': 'beautiful singing', first and last.

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About the Author

David Timson studied acting and singing at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. He has performed in modern and classic plays through the UK and abroad, including Wild Honey for Alan Ayckbourn, Hamlet, The Man of Mode and The Seagull. Among his many TV appearances have been roles in Nelson's Column and Swallows and Amazons. or Naxos AudioBooks he has recorded to date four volumes of The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, and directed Twelfth Night as well as playing Feste. He is also the narrator in the Naxos recording of Stravinsky's The Soldier's Tale.

Edition details

• Publisher: Naxos AudioBooks
• Publication date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1843790807
• ISBN 13: 9781843790808
• Binding: Audio CD
• Number of pages: 12