Cambridge Opera Journal

Table of Contents - November 2011 - Volume 23, Issue 03  

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Review Article

A passion for Italy

Francesca Vella

Giovanni Gavazzeni, Armando Torno and Carlo Vitali, O mia patria: storia musicale del Risorgimento, tra inni, eroi e melodrammi, preface by Philip Gossett. Milan: Dalai, 2011.

Simonetta Chiappini, O patria mia: passione e identità nazionale nel melodramma italiano dell'Ottocento. Florence: Le Lettere, 2011.

Francesca Vella studied DAMS (Disciplines of Arts, Music and Drama) at the University of Florence, and piano and chamber music at the Scuola di Musica di Fiesole. She is currently writing her PhD at King's College London, on Verdi reception in Italy, particularly Milan, during the 1860s and 1870s.