"Si ridesti il leon": a patriotic tribute to Venice

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Milton Cross, Karl Kohrs - 1971 - 752 pages - Snippet view

The Venetians, for example, considered the great chorus in Act III, "Si ridesti il Leon di Castiglia" ("Rise up, Lion of Castile"), a patriotic tribute to the city they loved.

All over Italy that chorus came to symbolize the sufferings ...