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Tutto Verdi: Stiffelio

Written by Neil Kurtzman | 11th February 2014

Verdi’s 16th (depending on how you count) opera has the oddest libretto of any he used. The action takes place in  and around a castle in Salzburg that is the headquarters of a fictional Protestant sect headed by its minister Stiffelio who also uses the alias Rodolfo Müller. Both his wife Lina and her father…

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