How Long to Read Monteverdi's Last Operas: A Venetian Trilogy

How Long Does it Take to Read Monteverdi's Last Operas: A Venetian Trilogy?

It takes the average reader 8 hours and 44 minutes to read Monteverdi's Last Operas: A Venetian Trilogy by Ellen Rosand

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643) was the first important composer of opera. This innovative study by one of the foremost experts on Monteverdi and seventeenth-century opera examines the composer's celebrated final works—Il ritorno d'Ulisse (1640) and L'incoronazione di Poppea (1642)—from a new perspective. Ellen Rosand considers these works as not merely a pair but constituents of a trio, a Venetian trilogy that, Rosand argues, properly includes a third opera, Le nozze d'Enea (1641). Although its music has not survived, its chronological placement between the other two operas opens new prospects for better understanding all three, both in their specifically Venetian context and as the creations of an old master. A thorough review of manuscript and printed sources of Ritorno and Poppea, in conjunction with those of their erstwhile silent companion, offers new possibilities for resolving the questions of authenticity that have swirled around Monteverdi's last operas since their discovery in the late nineteenth century. Le nozze d'Enea also helps to explain the striking differences between the other two, casting new light on their contrasting moral ethos: the conflict between a world of emotional propriety and restraint and one of hedonistic abandon.

How long is Monteverdi's Last Operas: A Venetian Trilogy?

Monteverdi's Last Operas: A Venetian Trilogy by Ellen Rosand is 508 pages long, and a total of 131,064 words.

This makes it 171% the length of the average book. It also has 160% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Monteverdi's Last Operas: A Venetian Trilogy Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 11 hours and 56 minutes to read Monteverdi's Last Operas: A Venetian Trilogy aloud.

What Reading Level is Monteverdi's Last Operas: A Venetian Trilogy?

Monteverdi's Last Operas: A Venetian Trilogy is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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