“Italian opera was the single most competitive and economically significant branch of music worldwide in the early 19th century.”

I always suspected I was born too late.

Read about the extraordinary Carolina Uccelli, who managed to get her opera staged – with an “all-star cast,” no less – in 1835. Uccelli’s “Anna di Resburgo” will be revived by @[100069916331189:2048:Teatro Nuovo] in Montclair, NJ, on July 20 and at Lincoln Center’s Rose Theater on July 24.