Franco Alfano by Konrad Dryden, Magda Olivero - 9780810869707

Franco AlfanoTranscending Turandot\nAuthor(s): Konrad Dryden, Magda Olivero\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Scarecrow Press, United States\nImprint: Scarecrow Press\nISBN-13: 9780810869707, 978-0810869707\nSynopsis\nFranco Alfano: Transcending Turandot is the first fully documented biography in any language of Italy's last verismo composer, Franco Alfano [tel], the composer chosen to complete Giacomo Puccini's swansong, Turandot, in 1924. Alfano remains one of the most undervalued composers, despite arguably representing the best of Puccini's contemporaries. His ability and prowess and his intimate friendship with Puccini, led to his selection for Turandot's completion: a daunting, enervating, and ultimately thankless task, which nearly robbed him of sight.\n\nThis biography finally sheds light on Alfano's view of the events, as opposed to the all-too customary Toscanini/Puccini perspective, thereby revealing a largely unknown facet of one of the most important operatic works of the 20.