Monteverdi's Last Operas: A Venetian Trilogy - Ellen Rosand - Books - University of California Press - 9780520249349 - December 3, 2007
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Monteverdi's Last Operas: A Venetian Trilogy


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Claudio Monteverdi was the first important composer of opera. This work examines the composer's celebrated final works - "Il ritorno d'Ulisse" and "L'incoronazione di Poppea". It casts light on the conflict between a world of emotional propriety and restraint and one of hedonistic abandon.


474 pages, 30 b/w photographs, 4 line illustrations, 21 tables, 40 music examples

Media Books     Hardcover Book   (Book with hard spine and cover)
Released December 3, 2007
ISBN13 9780520249349
Publishers University of California Press
Pages 496
Dimensions 184 × 263 × 38 mm   ·   1.05 kg
Language English  

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