"the first of Verdi's stirringly active patriotic choruses, as opposed to the mascochistically nostaglic choral numbers exemplified by "Va, pensiero""

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The complete operas of Verdi
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Charles Osborne - 1970 - 472 pages - Snippet view


It culminates in

"Si ridesti il Leon di Castiglia",

the first of Verdi's stirringly
active patriotic choruses, as opposed to
the masochistically nostalgic choral numbers
exemplified by "Va, pensiero" in Nabucco. ...

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