...This chapter is a systematic study of the presence of convivial scenes in Verdi’s operas. The chapter begins by showing how Mozart’s Don Giovanni inspired Verdi to create a fully embodied form of musical tragedy. It offers then an in-depth analysis of La traviata as exemplifying the basic functions...

... to Il trovatore, La traviata, and Aroldo. But while the Basevi's work is still widely cited and discussed—and nowhere more so than in the English-speaking world—no translation of the entire volume has previously been available. This book aims to provide...