"Si ridesti il leon": profoundly stirring -- spectators readily surrended to emotion.

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Musical events: a chronicle, 1983-1986
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Andrew Porter - 1989 - 573 pages - Snippet view
... by Norman Bailey) profoundly stirring, and surrendered to emotion as readily as Verdi's audiences did when "Va, pensiero," "O Signore, dal tetto natio," "Si ridesti il Leon di Castiglia," and "Patria oppressa" first burst upon them. ...

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