{"id":7530,"date":"2017-01-06T16:15:08","date_gmt":"2017-01-06T23:15:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/myuctv.tv\/?p=7530"},"modified":"2017-01-06T16:15:08","modified_gmt":"2017-01-06T23:15:08","slug":"verdi-young-and-old","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myuctv.tv\/blog\/uctv\/verdi-young-and-old\/","title":{"rendered":"Verdi, Young and Old"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/uctv.tv\/shows\/Double-Verdi-San-Diego-OperaTalk-30717\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.uctv.tv\/images\/\/thumbnails\/30717.jpg\" alt=\"8232\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" class=\"alignright\" \/><\/a>In the annals of creative endeavor relatively few artists have continued to grow and innovate throughout their career, much the less so in careers spanning fifty years or more. Some names that come to mind are Paul C\u00e9zanne, Mark Twain, William Butler Yeats, Alfred Hitchcock, Irving Berlin \u2013 and Giuseppe Verdi.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/uctv.tv\/shows\/Double-Verdi-San-Diego-OperaTalk-30717\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cSan Diego OperaTalk: Double Verdi\u201d<\/a> could just as accurately be titled \u201cVerdi, Young &#038; Old.\u201d The two operas discussed by host <a href=\"http:\/\/uctv.tv\/speakers\/Nicolas-Reveles-3352\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dr. Nicolas (Nic) Reveles<\/a> represent distinct stages in Verdi\u2019s artistic development: \u201cLa Traviata\u201d stems from Verdi\u2019s celebrated middle period, while \u201cFalstaff,\u201d the composer\u2019s last opera, was composed at the age of eighty. <\/p>\n<p>Through a combination of anecdotes, analysis, historical commentary, and musical excerpts, Dr. Nic guides the audience through the evolution of Verdi\u2019s style over the forty years separating the two works, moving from the comparatively straightforward construction of \u201cLa Traviata\u201d to the through-composed idiosyncrasies and surprises of \u201cFalstaff.\u201d Along the way Nic examines the conventions of Italian opera during Verdi\u2019s lifetime; his sources of inspiration; the composer\u2019s relationship to his audience; distinctive features of Verdi\u2019s orchestrations; his love of Shakespeare; and his devotion to dramatic verisimilitude. With the assistance of soprano Cherylyn Larson and baritone Bernardo Bermudez, Nic presents characteristic excerpts from each opera to better illustrate Verdi\u2019s evolving approach to issues of theme and structure.<\/p>\n<p>Taken together, \u201cLa Traviata\u201d and \u201cFalstaff\u201d provide to the neophyte and opera veteran alike a fascinating, supremely melodic glimpse into the inner creative life of one of our greatest composers.<\/p>\n<p><em>Contributed by arts and humanities producer John Menier<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Watch <a href=\"http:\/\/uctv.tv\/shows\/Double-Verdi-San-Diego-OperaTalk-30717\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">San Diego OperaTalk: Double Verdi<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the annals of creative endeavor relatively few artists have continued to grow and innovate throughout their career, much the less so in careers spanning fifty years or more. Some names that come to mind are Paul C\u00e9zanne, Mark Twain, William Butler Yeats, Alfred Hitchcock, Irving Berlin \u2013 and Giuseppe Verdi. \u201cSan Diego OperaTalk: Double [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myuctv.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7530"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myuctv.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myuctv.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myuctv.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myuctv.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7530"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.myuctv.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7530\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myuctv.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7530"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myuctv.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7530"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myuctv.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7530"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}