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London [but Florence], 1820 [Piatti publisher]. In 4th. Contemporary binding in brown half leather and cardboard. Ex libris by Luigi Repossi on the pastedown; two contemporary manuscript papers added at the end of the volume.
Specialist Notes
Famous 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 [...] saw in the protagonists Nabucco, Mithras and Arsaces the depictions respectively of Napoleon, Pius VII and Lazare Carnot" (I. Veca, DBI, vol. 78, 2013).
The present example bears at the end two pages in 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 figures. The political-Risorgimento reading that was given of the tragedy influenced and fascinated many, including Verdi himself who in 1841 returned to the story by setting Solera's libretto to music for the masterpiece that we all know. But Niccolini's text appears even more audacious and revolutionary, a text to be rediscovered.
The provenance 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 example bears at the end two pages in 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 figures. The political-Risorgimento reading that was given of the tragedy influenced and fascinated many, including Verdi himself who in 1841 returned to the story by setting Solera's libretto to music for the masterpiece that we all know. But Niccolini's text appears even more audacious and revolutionary, a text to be rediscovered.
The provenance 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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