Vesuvius erupts.
Tag: Italy
65. Caterina Cornaro (Gaetano Donizetti)
Donizetti's version of Halévy's Reine de Chypre. It isn't as good.
64. La reine de Chypre (Fromental Halévy)
Politics, thwarted love, chivalry and resignation.
"The history of music is not simply the history of masterpieces… Posterity is not always fair and can be fickle, and our keenest hope is that the curiosity of the reader will be attracted to a number of works that merit more than a passing reference in music history." – Vincent Giroud
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