Verdi tells the story of a woman who is seduced and dies in shame nine months later. Perhaps surprisingly, the song does not sound particularly sad, seeming instead to be a detached narrative, with a matter-of-fact setting of the last line: “No cross, no cypress, no stone bore her name.”
Giuseppe Verdi: La seduzione
5 03 2009Comments : Leave a Comment »
Tags: death, Giuseppe Verdi, Luigi Balestra, seduction, shame
Categories : Italian, Romantic Era (1800 - 1900)