From the astonishment at the success of Il pirata to the report of the strenuous negotiations with the Paris Opéra for the composition of a new work, the letters proposed in this digital collection allow the reader to follow the artistic path of Bellini, the development of a coherent aesthetic conception based on a high awareness of the value of his own art, his difficult confrontation with the economic system and the competitive environment of the Italian and European musical theater in the early nineteenth century.

• Clear facets
• Senders
  
  Giacomo Puccini (14)
  Carlo Clausetti (7)
  Renzo Valcarenghi (4)
  Franco Alfano (1)
  
• Addresees
  
  Carlo Clausetti (10)
  Giacomo Puccini (9)
  Renzo Valcarenghi (6)
  Arturo Toscanini (1)
  
• Origins
  
  Milano (10)
  Viareggio, Lucca (10)
  Torre del Lago, Lucca (3)
  Sanremo, Imperia (1)
  s.l. (1)
  
• Destinations
  
  Milano (14)
  Viareggio, Lucca (4)
  
• Named people (Giuseppe Adami)
  
  Giuseppe Adami (25)
  Renzo Valcarenghi (13)
  Renato Simoni (9)
  Umberto Brunelleschi (6)
  Galileo Chini (5)
  Antonio Puccini (4)
  Guido Zuccoli (4)
  Arturo Toscanini (3)
  Beniamino Gigli (2)
  Carlo Clausetti (2)
  Emma Carelli (2)
  Alfred Roller (1)
  Caramba (1)
  Edith Mason (1)
  Elvira Puccini Bonturi (1)
  Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1)
  Ferruccio Calusio (1)
  Fosca Gemignani (1)
  Franz Schalk (1)
  George Maxwell (1)
  Giacomo Puccini (1)
  Giovacchino Forzano (1)
  Giovanni Battista Grandi (1)
  Giulio Gatti Casazza (1)
  Luigi De Morsier (1)
  Luigi Pirandello (1)
  Pier Maria Rosso di San Secondo (1)
  Pietro Clausetti (1)
  Pietro Mascagni (1)
  Raffaele Tenaglia (1)
  Riccardo Schnabl Rossi (1)
  Ruggero Ruggeri (1)
  Walter Mocchi (1)
  
• Named works (Turandot)
  
  Turandot (25)
  Il Tabarro (5)
  Gianni Schicchi (5)
  Suor Angelica (5)
  Manon Lescaut (4)
  La Fanciulla del West (3)
  Tosca (2)
  Il Pergolese (1)
  Laurette (1)
  Madama Butterfly (1)
  Sly (1)
  
• Named places
  
  Vienna, Austria (5)
  Parigi, Francia (3)
  Milano (2)
  Berlino, Germania (1)
  Bologna (1)
  New York, Stati Uniti (1)
  Roma (1)
  Washington, Stati Uniti (1)
  
• Named theatres
  
  Teatro alla Scala (3)
  Teatro Dal Verme (1)
  Teatro dell'Opera (1)
  
• Topics
  
  libretto (14)
  music (13)
  shipping (9)
  personnel (8)
  performance (6)
  singers (6)
  stagings (6)
  trip (6)
  payment (5)
  administration (3)
  contract (3)
  copyright (2)
  appointment (1)
  instruments (1)
  musicians (1)
  orchestra conductor (1)
  translation (1)
  
• Tipology
  
  lettera (15)
  copialettere (10)
  
• Subtype
  
  letter (22)
  telegram (2)
  business card/calling card (1)
  
• Shelfmark
  
  • Institution
    
  • RISM Sigla