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
  
  Tito II Ricordi (8)
  Giacomo Puccini (5)
  Armando Morlacchi (1)
  Carlo Clausetti (1)
  Renzo Valcarenghi (1)
  
• Addresees
  
  Giacomo Puccini (10)
  Tito II Ricordi (4)
  Renzo Valcarenghi (1)
  
• Origins
  
  Milano (10)
  Torre del Lago, Lucca (4)
  Roma (1)
  
• Destinations
  
  Milano (5)
  Genova (3)
  Torre del Lago, Lucca (1)
  
• Named people (Raoul Gunsbourg)
  
  Raoul Gunsbourg (15)
  Carlo Clausetti (3)
  Carmen Melis (3)
  Enrico Caruso (3)
  Giuseppe Adami (3)
  Eugenia Burzio (2)
  Eva Tetrazzini Campanini (2)
  Giulio Ricordi (2)
  Livia Berlendi (2)
  Piero Coppola (2)
  Riccardo Redaelli (2)
  Titta Ruffo (2)
  Viglione Borghese (1)
  Adolf Hohenstein (1)
  Alessandro Pomè (1)
  Armando Morlacchi (1)
  Carlo D'Ormeville (1)
  Carlo Galeffi (1)
  Carlo Zangarini (1)
  Chiusuri (1)
  David Belasco (1)
  Elvira Puccini Bonturi (1)
  Francesco Spetrino (1)
  Giannina Russ Cerri (1)
  Gilda Dalla Rizza (1)
  Giuseppe Palanti (1)
  Guelfo Civinini (1)
  Leopoldo Metlicovitz (1)
  Lina Cavalieri (1)
  Lucien Jusseaume (1)
  Luigi Illica (1)
  Luigi Ricordi (1)
  Matilde Blanco-Sadun (1)
  Maurice Renaud (1)
  Plinio Nomellini (1)
  Renzo Sonzogno (1)
  Tito II Ricordi (1)
  Tullio Serafin (1)
  Vanni Marcoux (1)
  Victor de Sabata (1)
  Vittorio Mingardi (1)
  
• Named works
  
  Il Tabarro (6)
  La Fanciulla del West (4)
  La Rondine (2)
  Gianni Schicchi (2)
  Madama Butterfly (2)
  Suor Angelica (2)
  La Bohème (1)
  Hannele Mattern (1)
  Manon Lescaut (1)
  Parsifal (1)
  
• Named places
  
  Londra, Regno Unito (1)
  Torino (1)
  
• Named theatres
  
  Teatro alla Scala (2)
  Théâtre national de l'Opéra-Comique (2)
  Opéra National de Paris (1)
  Teatro Dal Verme (1)
  Teatro Regio (1)
  Teatro di San Carlo (1)
  
• Topics
  
  performance (7)
  singers (4)
  libretto (3)
  music (3)
  orchestra conductor (3)
  stagings (3)
  administration (2)
  copyright (2)
  payment (2)
  shipping (2)
  appointment (1)
  contract (1)
  personnel (1)
  rental (1)
  trip (1)
  war (1)
  
• Tipology
  
  copialettere (10)
  lettera (5)
  
• Subtype
  
  letter (11)
  telegram (3)
  postcard (1)
  
• Shelfmark
  
  • Institution
    
  • RISM Sigla