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Music FeatureVerdi 200: Verdi the Opera Director - the Composer's Other Artistic SideVerdi 200: Susan Rutherford in Italy

Opera scholar Susan Rutherford traces Verdi's journey from composer to 'opera director.

  • With Maria Ida Biggi at the Fondazione Cini in Venice, looking at original designs for Verdi’s operas for La Fenice opera house
  • Susan Rutherford in Verdi’s studio, where he composed, at Villa Verdi, Sant’Agata
  • Susan Rutherford with some original documents at the archive of La Fenice opera house in Venice
  • Susan Rutherford in Busetto outside the house where Verdi was born 200 years ago
  • In Busetto outside the house where Verdi was born in 1813
  • Susan & Andreas Giger at La Scala Theatre Museum with a bust of Francesco Tamagno, creator of the title role in Verdi’s Otello
  • Susan Rutherford at the Teatro Regio in Parma
  • Susan Rutherford browsing original designs for the opera Aida, and other documents at the Ricordi Archive in Milan
  • Susan Rutherford at the Teatro Regio in Parma

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