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Tutto Verdi: Giovanna D’Arco

Written by Neil Kurtzman | 8th June 2013

Giovanna D’Arco is one of Verdi’s least performed operas. Verdi didn’t even bother to attend it’s premiere at La Scala on February 15, 1845 as he was unhappy with both the production and La Scala’s management. The reason for its neglect is simple. It has the weakest score of any of opera he had written…

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