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