“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.
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