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London [but Florence], 1820 [Pattia publisher]. In 4th. Coeval brown half leather and cardboard binding. Ex libris by Luigi Repossi on the front cover; two contemporary manuscript papers added at the end of the volume.
Specialist Notes
Renowned playwright and patriot, Niccolini wrote «Nabucco» between 1815 and 1819, when it was published in London, thanks to the mediation of Gino Capponi: «allegorical tragedy [...] featured Nabucco, Mitra and Arsace as protagonists the depictions respectively of Napoleon, Pius VII and Lazare Carnot» (I. Veca, DBI, vol. 78, 2013).
The present copy bears at the end two pages by a contemporary hand with the "Key for the intelligence of Nabucco" and the indication of the correspondences between the characters of the tragedy and the historical characters. The political-Risorgimento reading of the tragedy influenced and fascinated many, including Verdi himself who in 1841 returned to the story by setting to music Solera's libretto for the masterpiece we all know. But Niccolini's text appears even more daring and revolutionary, a text to be rediscovered.
The origin of the copy is illustrious, Luigi Repossi, famous Italian politician and revolutionary, founder of the Communist Party, member of the Communist International, exiled anti-fascist etc.
The present copy bears at the end two pages by a contemporary hand with the "Key for the intelligence of Nabucco" and the indication of the correspondences between the characters of the tragedy and the historical characters. The political-Risorgimento reading of the tragedy influenced and fascinated many, including Verdi himself who in 1841 returned to the story by setting to music Solera's libretto for the masterpiece we all know. But Niccolini's text appears even more daring and revolutionary, a text to be rediscovered.
The origin of the copy is illustrious, Luigi Repossi, famous Italian politician and revolutionary, founder of the Communist Party, member of the Communist International, exiled anti-fascist etc.
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