Giuseppe Verdi

Waiting for Verdi : Italian opera and political opinion, 1815-1848 / by Smart, Mary Ann

Table of Contents: “…-- Elizabeth I, Mary Stuart, and the limits of allegory -- Reading Mazzini's Filosofia della musica with Byron and Donizetti -- Parlor games -- Progress, piety, and plagiarism: Verdi's I lombardi at La Scala -- Conclusion.…”
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Hemingway in Italy / by Owen, Richard, 1947-

Table of Contents: “…War in the Dolomites -- Fossalta di Piave -- Agnes and Catherine -- Love at La Scala -- The Torino girl -- Bassano del Grappa -- Taormina -- In another country -- Genoa correspondent -- The biggest bluff in Europe -- Rapallo and Cortina -- Che ti dice La Patria? …”

Secondo me /

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Verdi's Aida : the history of an opera in letters and documents /

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Toscanini in Britain / by Dyment, Christopher

Table of Contents: “…. ; 1920: Toscanini returns to La Scala; London doldrums; The New York Philharmonic's European tour -- the Maestro ascendant; 2 The New york Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra bound for Europe 1930; 3 Erich Kleiber greets Toscanini, Berlin, May 1930.…”
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