A Spirited Reading
Traviata at Arizona Opera, reviewed by MARIA NOCKIN
Composer Giuseppe Verdi and his first wife, Margherita, had two children who died in infancy. Shortly after the second child died, Margherita developed encephalitis and passed away. Verdi was devastated. During the same year, his second opera, Un giorno di regno, was poorly received and the composer thought seriously of giving up composing...
Copyright © 13 March 2014
Maria Nockin, Arizona USA
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