From Verdi’s Aida and Otello to the one-Act verismo operas ‘Cav and Pag’, we trace the development of Italian opera during the last 30 years of the C19th. Puccini emerges

From Verdi’s Aida and Otello to the one-Act verismo operas ‘Cav and Pag’, we trace the development of Italian opera during the last 30 years of the C19th. Puccini emerges