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 (7)
  Pietro Mascagni (1)
  
• Addresees (Carlo Clausetti)
  
  Carlo Clausetti (8)
  Renzo Valcarenghi (1)
  
• Origins
  
  Viareggio, Lucca (4)
  Ardenza, Livorno (1)
  Prunetta, Pistoia (1)
  Roma (1)
  Torre della Tagliata, Grosseto (1)
  
• Destinations
  
  Milano (7)
  
• Named people
  
  Arturo Toscanini (3)
  Renzo Valcarenghi (3)
  Vincenzo Bellezza (2)
  Pesaro (1)
  Antonio Puccini (1)
  Bernardo De Muro (1)
  Carlo Jachino (1)
  Carmelo Alabiso (1)
  Emma Carelli (1)
  Ettore Panizza (1)
  Franco Capuana (1)
  Franz Schalk (1)
  Gabriele Santini (1)
  Giacomo Puccini (1)
  Gilda Dalla Rizza (1)
  Giulio Treves (1)
  Giuseppe Giacompol (1)
  Guido Zuccoli (1)
  Ignatz Waghalter (1)
  Luigi Della Torre (1)
  Vittorio Gui (1)
  
• Named works (Manon Lescaut)
  
  Manon Lescaut (8)
  Turandot (3)
  Il Tabarro (2)
  La Fanciulla del West (2)
  Gianni Schicchi (2)
  Suor Angelica (2)
  Fosca (1)
  Iris (1)
  Tosca (1)
  
• Named places
  
  Milano (2)
  Vienna, Austria (2)
  Amburgo, Germania (1)
  Berlino, Germania (1)
  Cutigliano, Pistoia (1)
  Firenze (1)
  Fogliano (1)
  
• Named theatres
  
  Teatro alla Scala (2)
  
• Topics (orchestra conductor)
  
  orchestra conductor (8)
  music (6)
  performance (6)
  personnel (3)
  shipping (2)
  singers (2)
  instruments (1)
  payment (1)
  stagings (1)
  trip (1)
  
• Tipology
  
  lettera (8)
  
• Subtype
  
  letter (8)
  
• Shelfmark
  
  • Institution
    
  • RISM Sigla