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Seven Verdi Librettos (English and Italian Edition) (1st Edition) by Giuseppe Verdi, William Weaver (Translator) Paperback, 533 Pages, Published 1977 ISBN-10: 0-393-00852-5 / 0393008525 ISBN-13: 978-0-393-00852-4 / 9780393008524 Verdi, like most great opera composers, attached supreme importance to the words he was setting to music. The listener, to understand the opera fully, should understand the situations, the shades of emotion, the nuances of characterization described in the music. William Weaver's translations of sev |