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VERDI'S AIDA

THE HISTORY OF AN OPERA

IN LETTERS

AND

DOCUMENTS

OVERLEAF

Photograph of the bust of Verdi sculpted in 1873 by Vincenzo Gemito (1852-1929),

courtesy of G. Ricordi & Co., Milan. Verdi had paid the artist for terra-cotta sculptures of

himself and his wife, and was surprised to find this bust in bronze. In a letter to Verdi of 8

December 1873 (Autograph: St. Agata) Cesare De Sanctis explained, quoting Gemito: "I

had done what I could to make the bust work out in clay, but I remained dissat-

isfied. . . . I couldn't make another one, because the Maestro wasn't around.

. . . Then I had an idea: fire and clay would betray me and ruin my work; even if

it were successful, it could not withstand the open air. Therefore, another material —

bronze! . . . Thus nothing would destroy my work . . . for which the Maestro so

generously compensated me. Now he will even be able to put his bust in the garden.

Wind, water, and sun cannot harm it. ...

I made the bust of the Maestro in bronze,

because it must be eternal like him."

VERDI'S

AIDA

THE HISTORY OF AN OPERA

IN LETTERS

AND

DOCUMENTS

Collected and translated by

HANS BUSCH

University of Minnesota Press,

Minneapolis

Printed in the United States of America

at the North Central Publishing Company, St. Paul.

Published by the University of Minnesota Press, 2037 University

Avenue Southeast, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, and

published in Canada by Burns & MacEachern Limited,

Don Mills, Ontario

Library of Congress Catalog Card Number 76-11495

ISBN 0-8166-0800-8

2nd printing, 1979

The University of Minnesota is an equal opportunity educator and

employer.

In the translations of the letters and documents I have been assisted by Dr.

Lawrence Baldassaro, who has contributed to the translation of approxi-

mately 400 letters by Giuseppe Verdi. Thomas Holliday and Dr. Michael

Pisoni helped me with editing, research, and most other translations.

H. B.

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