Experiencing Verdi : a listener's companion / by Sanders, Donald C., 1949-

Table of Contents: “…Italian opera before Verdi -- The early years : Oberto -- Change of fortune and years in the galleys : Nabucco, Ernani, Macbeth -- Signora Verdi, new hopes for Italy, and three iconic operas : Rigoletto, Il Trovatore, La Traviata -- Verdi the statesman : Un ballo in maschera, Don Carlos -- Return to Milan : Aida, Manzoni requiem -- The final masterworks : Otello, Falstaff -- Death of the maestro.…”