Verdi, Giuseppe. Autograph letters signed from Giuseppe Verdi, Genova and S. Agata, to various people

Folger bibliographic ID: 128982
Folger call number: Y.c.1447 (1-2)
Folger holdings ID: 257140
Accession Number: cs114, 1944

In (1), Léon Escudier and dated March 11, 1865, Verdi discusses the staging of his opera Macbeth; in (2), to Antonio Somma and dated April 22, 1853, he refers to Shakespeare and King Lear

General notes

Portions also available as a digital reproduction (2) was removed from a copy of Re Lear e Ballo in Maschera, edit. by A. Pascolato, 1913, where it is published on p. [45]

Publications

(Y.c.1447 (1)) "The pen's excellencie" : treasures from the manuscript collection of the Folger Shakespeare Library / compiled and edited by Heather Wolfe. Seattle : Distributed by University of Washington Press, 2002, p. 203-206

Exhibited

Exhibited: "The Pen's Excellencie" : Treasures from the Manuscript Collection of the Folger Shakespeare Library, curated by Heather Wolfe, Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington, D.C., February 6- June 8, 2002 (Y.c.1447 (1))

Extended title: Autograph letters signed from Giuseppe Verdi, Genova and S. Agata, to various people 1853-1865

Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901. Correspondence Escudier, Léon Somma, Antonio, 1809-1864 Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. King Lear Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Macbeth Opera

correspondent: Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901
subject: Escudier, Léon
subject: Somma, Antonio, 1809-1864
subject: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
correspondent: Escudier, Léon
correspondent: Somma, Antonio, 1809-1864