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Sign showing the path near Ivrea, Italy. In the Middle Ages, Via Francigena was the major pilgrimage route to Rome from the north.The route was first documented as the "Lombard Way", and was first called the Iter Francorum (the "Frankish Route") in the Itinerarium sancti Willibaldi of 725, a record of the travels of Willibald, bishop of Eichstätt in Bavaria.
A famous performance of Lucrezia Borgia presented by the American Opera Society Ensemble in 1965 at Carnegie Hall with soprano Montserrat Caballé, who was making her American debut, was soon followed by a recording featuring Caballé, Shirley Verrett, Alfredo Kraus, and Ezio Flagello, conducted by Jonel Perlea, who also led the Carnegie Hall performance.
This is a list of the operas written by the Italian composer Alessandro Scarlatti (1660–1725).. Scarlatti wrote 45 drammi per musica, also 7 melodrammi, 2 commedia per musica (or opere buffe), 2 opere drammatice, 2 favole boscherecce, 2 tragedie in musica, 1 commedia, 1 dramma pastorale, and 1 dramma sacro per musica.
According to the oldest known decree of nomination, 13 February 1264, both Romans and foreigners were subject to the jurisdiction of the vicar. In this document, however, neither the special rights of the vicar nor the local extent of his authority are made known, but it is understood that the territory in question is the city of Rome.
Act 4, last scene, in the Dresden Opera House (1842) The opera opens with a substantial overture which begins with a trumpet call (which in act 3 we learn is the war call of the Colonna family) and features the melody of Rienzi's prayer at the start of act 5, which became the opera's best-known aria. The overture ends with a military march.
The Teatro dell'Opera di Roma (Rome Opera House) is an opera house in Rome, Italy. Originally opened in November 1880 as the 2,212 seat Costanzi Theatre, it has undergone several changes of name as well modifications and improvements. The present house seats 1,560.
Maria Luigi Carlo Zenobio Salvatore Cherubini (/ ˌ k ɛr ʊ ˈ b iː n i / KERR-uu-BEE-nee; Italian: [luˈiːdʒi keruˈbiːni]; 8 or 14 September [1] 1760 – 15 March 1842) was an Italian Classical and Romantic [2] [3] composer. His most significant compositions are operas and sacred music.
Pietro Barbo (1 July 1440 – 16 June 1451); translated to S. Marco, later Pope Paul II (1464–1471) Francesco Gonzaga (2 April 1462 – 21 October 1483) Giovanni Arcimboldo (15 November 1483 – 2 October 1488) Giovanni Battista Orsini (23 March 1489 – 27 February 1493); translated to SS. Giovanni e Paolo