Opera and Political Opinion in Nineteenth-Century Italy, 1815-1848
by
Mary Ann Smart
Language: English
Release Date: June 22, 2018
The name Giuseppe Verdi conjures images of Italians singing opera in the streets and bursting into song at political protests or when facing the firing squad. While many of the accompanying stories were exaggerated, or even invented, by later generations, Verdi's operas—along with those by Rossini,...