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Friday, January 27, 2012

"Si ridesti il leon" -- the Venetians get political capital out of "Ernani"

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Verdi: man and musician; his biography with especial reference to ...
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Frederick James Crowest - 1897 - 306 pages - Snippet view

Verdi had to give way and face the additional work and trouble.

Yet, after all, the Venetians got political capital out of the work, and when the spirited chorus,

"Si ridesti il Leon di Castiglia,"
burst forth, their patriotic ...

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