This summer I’m reading I promessi sposi
Nothing helped me understand Verdi better than Alessandro Manzoni‘s I promessi sposi.
By Harry Rose
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Alessandro Manzoni
5 pieces since 2019.
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A Requiem for the Country?
Michael Steinberg on Riccardo Muti, fascism, and who speaks through the collective voice of the Verdi Requiem.
Four frightened people
As an opera fanatic who was baptized by the blood of Leontyne Price, the Messa da Requiem by Giuseppe Verdi appeared on my radar fairly soon after I started delving into the operatic canon.
Get ready for the judgment day
In anticipation of the Met’s reopening performance on September 11, another serving of pandemic-hoarding arrives on Trove Thursday with 10 rare live performances of the Verdi Requiem’s concluding “Libera me.”
Revelation
Beg. Borrow. Steal. Bargain. Cajole. Seduce. Threaten. Extort.