The Resource An introduction to-- Verdi : Rigoletto, written by Thomson Smillie, (electronic resource e-audio)
An introduction to-- Verdi : Rigoletto, written by Thomson Smillie, (electronic resource e-audio)
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The item An introduction to-- Verdi : Rigoletto, written by Thomson Smillie, (electronic resource e-audio) represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Vaughan Public Libraries.
- Summary
- Rigoletto is simply wonderful entertainment. It is uncanny to listen to the opening ten minutes or so and recognise a dozen superb tunes. It is also much more - a daring (for its time) attack on aristocratic privilege, a tender love story, and an impassioned appeal on behalf of the disadvantaged, all set to music of such wealth and beauty that, with its sister operas La traviata and Il trovatore, it has almost defined Italian opera for 150 years. Overcoming initial trouble with the censors, Verdi's Rigoletto was a smash hit at its premiere and has not been out of the repertoire since. It's not hard to see why. From Thomson Smillie's accessible account, the opera comes alive on just one CD. As he tells us, Verdi captures the gaiety of the court in Mantua: it 'to borrow a famous phrase, shines like rotting mackerel by moonlight - it glitters and stinks'. David Timson is the perfect exponent of Smillie's vivacious writing, securing a thoroughly entertaining and informative disc
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- eng
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- Unabridged.
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- 1 online resource (1 audio file (1hr., 09 min.))
- Label
- An introduction to-- Verdi : Rigoletto
- Title
- An introduction to-- Verdi
- Title remainder
- Rigoletto
- Statement of responsibility
- written by Thomson Smillie
- Title variation
- Verdi Rigoletto
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Rigoletto is simply wonderful entertainment. It is uncanny to listen to the opening ten minutes or so and recognise a dozen superb tunes. It is also much more - a daring (for its time) attack on aristocratic privilege, a tender love story, and an impassioned appeal on behalf of the disadvantaged, all set to music of such wealth and beauty that, with its sister operas La traviata and Il trovatore, it has almost defined Italian opera for 150 years. Overcoming initial trouble with the censors, Verdi's Rigoletto was a smash hit at its premiere and has not been out of the repertoire since. It's not hard to see why. From Thomson Smillie's accessible account, the opera comes alive on just one CD. As he tells us, Verdi captures the gaiety of the court in Mantua: it 'to borrow a famous phrase, shines like rotting mackerel by moonlight - it glitters and stinks'. David Timson is the perfect exponent of Smillie's vivacious writing, securing a thoroughly entertaining and informative disc
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- technical information on music
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- Midwest
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- Smillie, Thomson
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- PerformerNote
- Read by David Timson
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- 1813-1901
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- Timson, David
- Verdi, Giuseppe
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- An introduction to-- Verdi : Rigoletto, written by Thomson Smillie, (electronic resource e-audio)
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- Edition
- Unabridged.
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- 1 online resource (1 audio file (1hr., 09 min.))
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- 11137433
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- Label
- An introduction to-- Verdi : Rigoletto, written by Thomson Smillie, (electronic resource e-audio)
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Capture and storage technique
- digital storage
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- not applicable
- Configuration of playback channels
- unknown
- Content category
- spoken word
- Content type code
- spw
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
-
- not applicable
- unknown
- Edition
- Unabridged.
- Extent
- 1 online resource (1 audio file (1hr., 09 min.))
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
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- online
- electronic
- Governing access note
- Digital content provided by hoopla
- Groove width / pitch
- not applicable
- Kind of cutting
- not applicable
- Kind of disc cylinder or tape
- not applicable
- Kind of material
- unknown
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
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- rdamedia
- Media type code
- c
- Other physical details
- digital.
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 11137433
- Publisher number
- MWT11137433
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- Reformatting quality
- access
- Sound
- sound
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- digital recording
- Specific material designation
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- other
- remote
- Speed
- other
- System control number
- (MWT)MWT11137433
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- Mode of access: World Wide Web
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