Robert Greenberg - Life and Operas of Verdi: Falstaff

Excerpt from The Great Courses "Life and Operas of Verdi" Lecture 26 - Otello, Conclusion; Falstaff
Professor Robert Greenberg
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"Life and Operas of Verdi"
The Italians have a word for the sense of dazzling beauty produced by effortless mastery: "sprezzatura." Perhaps no cultural form associated with Italy is as steeped in the love of sprezzatura as opera, a genre the Italians invented. And no artist working in opera has embodied the ideal of sprezzatura as magnificently as that gruff, self-described "farmer" from the Po Valley and composer of 28 operas, Giuseppe Verdi (1813--1901).

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Oooh, what a great history lesson on this Opera! I love it.

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Robert Greenberg is the man, his lectures on the Baroque period from "how to listen and understand great music" were absolutely amazing.

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I love the way Robert Greenberg teaches! Also, isn't KZbin amazing? I needed to fix my dishwasher; I turned to KZbin. I wanted to learn about Falstaff; I turned to KZbin. Very proud to be from San Bruno, California (see here for history of KZbin: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_KZbin )