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METRODORO CONTI (1810-1887) Group of 8 scenic designs for Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Nabucco."

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METRODORO CONTI (1810-1887) Group of 8 scenic designs for Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Nabucco."

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METRODORO CONTI (1810-1887)
Group of 8 scenic designs for Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Nabucco." Designs include Temples of Solomon and Babylonia, courtyards, palace interiors, among others. Nabucco, with music by Verdi set to a libreto by Temistocle Solera, was performed at La Scala, Milan on March 9, 1842 in four acts and seven scenes. Watercolor, graphite, and ink. Initialed "C.M. into" [invento] in lower left, captioned in lower margins, and number inked in upper right. General sheet size 223x295 mm; 8¾x11¾ inches. Tipped to early window mattes.Metrodoro Conti was a set designer and theater manager for the Teatro Petrarca in Arezzo, Tuscany in the 1830s to the 1860s. He was a contemporary of Pietro Bertoja, who also created stage designs for Verdi.Nabucco is considered to be Verdi's first commercially successful opera.

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METRODORO CONTI (1810-1887) Group of 8 scenic designs for Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Nabucco."

Name: METRODORO CONTI (1810-1887) Group of 8 scenic designs for Giuseppe Verdi's opera \"Nabucco.\"
SKU: 129677401
Price: 2400 USD
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