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Verdi in Performance. Edited by Alison Latham and Roger Parker. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001. [xii, 196 p. ISBN 0-19-816735-0. $49.95.] Music examples, illustrations, index.
So much has changed both inside and beyond the opera house since Verdi's time that directors, conductors, and performers justifiably approach his works with little confidence as to the nature or appropriateness of attempting "the authentic." For many of the operas, our knowledge of the first performances is incomplete and confusing, while for some, we have production manuals describing the premieres in detail. But is it practical to attempt a faithful restoration? What worked in the ...