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Dmitri Shostakovich: New Collected Works. XIVth Series: Film Music. 142nd Volume: Sofya Perovskaya (Music to the Film, Op. 132), King Lear (Music to the Film, Op. 137). With a critical commentary on the history of the scores and explanatory notes on the holographs by Olga Dombrovskaya. Moscow: DSCH Publishers. ISMN 979-0-706427-26-3.
Re Lear (Italian pronunciation: [ˌre lˈli(ːa)r]; [1] King Lear) is an Italian operatic libretto in four acts written by Antonio Somma [2] for the Italian opera composer Giuseppe Verdi. It was based on King Lear , "the Shakespeare play with which Verdi struggled for so many years, but without success".
King Lear, George Frederick Bensell. The Tragedy of King Lear, often shortened to King Lear, is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare. It is loosely based on the mythological Leir of Britain. King Lear, in preparation for his old age, divides his power and land between his daughters Goneril and Regan, who pay homage to gain favour, feigning ...
Shakespeare gave the old story a tragic ending.. In Shakespeare's version, Lear, King of Britain, is growing old, and decides to divide his kingdom among his three daughters – Goneril, wife of the Duke of Albany, Regan, wife of the Duke of Cornwall, and the youngest daughter, Cordelia, sought in marriage by the Duke of Burgundy and the King of France.
Lear is an opera in two parts with music by the German composer Aribert Reimann, and a libretto by Claus H. Henneberg, based on Shakespeare's tragedy King Lear. Background and performance history [ edit ]
There are many similarities between King Lear and A Thousand Acres, including both plot details and character development. [1] For example, some of the names of the main characters in the novel are reminiscent of their Shakespearean counterparts. Larry is Lear, Ginny is Goneril, Rose is Regan, and Caroline is Cordelia.
Cordelia is a fictional character in William Shakespeare's tragic play King Lear.Cordelia is the youngest of King Lear's three daughters and his favorite. After her elderly father offers her the opportunity to profess her love to him in return for one-third of the land in his kingdom, she replies that she loves him "according to her bond" and she is punished for the majority of the play.
The adaptation would be confirmed in February 2024, with Bernard Rose set to write and direct, and Pacino cast to star as Lear, with Jessica Chastain cast as Goneril. [2] In August, Ariana DeBose , Rachel Brosnahan , LaKeith Stanfield and Peter Dinklage were among several new cast additions announced. [ 3 ]