The Last Troubadours: Poetic Drama in Italian Opera, 1597-1887

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The Last Troubadours: Poetic Drama in Italian Opera, 1597-1887First published in 1991. At once poet, dramatist, adaptor and translator, the operatic librettist in turn expresses and mocks social convention. Deirdre O'Grady's study of the Italian operatic librettist identifies opera as a mirror of literary climates, popular taste and political aspirations. The Last Troubadours traces the history of the Italian libretto from its courtly origin in the 16th century, through the crisis of the aristocracy and the 19th

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