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...Although no one would claim that the composer’s libretto, based on Virgil’s Aeneid, is a propulsive masterpiece, Francesca Zambello’s staging, first and last seen in 2003, manages to accentuate the negative...
...This operatic treatment of Books 1, 2 and 4 of Virgil’s Aeneid is no longer than a long Wagner opera, but in the theatre it can seem longer....
...“It’s a dream - the dream of Marcello Gigante. Although we know Virgil came to meet Philodemus here, I don’t believe there are more Latin books there either.” Maria Guidobaldi is sceptical too....
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