Verdi - A Curiosity
Only Oberto and I Lombardi have libretti derived from Italian source
materials. All his other operas are based on German, British, Spanish and
French literature. As far as I can tell I am the only person to ever notice
this stunning fact, although Verdi himself may have been aware of it. And it
wouldn't surprise me if Grandpa Dave knows it too. The burden of this
knowledge is too great for me to bear alone, so I'm going public with it.
Whether this is a good topic for a thread I cannot say. But I feel much
better now.
LJO
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Relevant Pages
- Re: Battle of Britain Single Seat Fighter Contest
... The Germans were going east, the USSR would survive, Rommel would ... the defences of Malaya, a non combat zone? ... The British Army shipped the 2nd Armoured division to the Middle ... It took days for the German units to move, ...
(soc.history.war.world-war-ii) - Re: Battle of Britain Single Seat Fighter Contest
... it would not be necessary for the RAF to hire British and American ... You overlooked that British air defense grew stronger while German ... RAF Fighter Command had almost ...
(soc.history.war.world-war-ii) - Re: Plan after the invasion of Italy
... undermine the British in the Med even at the cost of allowing British lives ... Anzio was simply a good plan let down by its execution. ... drawing German forces away from the main theater, ... Dragoon, offering a landing on French Atlantic port which he felt ...
(soc.history.war.world-war-ii) - Re: italy wants your army!
... No much of France did not collaborate, ... Only if we include the 83000 French Jews who died in the Holocaust ... Even at the time British wags said BEF meant ... eventually fall into the hands of the German Navy. ...
(uk.politics.misc) - Re: why did Hitler Kill jews ?
... >> the war was about regular balance of power issues. ... > British India could be resolved. ... " But by 1920 he was arguing that 'an alliance between Russia and Germany ... > India, so one German should do the same in Poland' was Hitler's phrase, I ...
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