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William Ashbrook

Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Humanities, Indiana State University
Author, Donizetti (Cassell, 1965), The Operas of Puccini (1968, reprinted 1985), and Donizetti and His Operas (Cambridge, 1982)

Ph.D., Harvard, University of Pennsylvania


Past Lectures:

  • The Biographies of Bellini, Donizetti and Rossini
  • The Librettos and Librettists Used by the Composer
  • The History of the Term “Bel Canto”
  • English History in 19th Century Italian Opera
  • The Professional Librettist in the Age of Bel Canto
  • The Libretto:
    Part I – From Source to Finished Text
    Part II – The Concertato Finale: A Form Unique to Librettos
  • Two Important Librettists of the Bel Canto Period:
    Part I – Felice Romani
    Part II – Salvatore Cammarano
  • Bel Canto Composers and Puccini: The Singers for Whom They Composed
  • The Not So Odd Couple: Mascagni and Leoncavallo
  • Rossini’s Serious Side
  • Donizetti in the Theatre
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