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 (19)
  Italo Montemezzi (7)
  Arturo Rossato (1)
  Carlo Jachino (1)
  Riccardo Zandonai (1)
  
• Addresees (Carlo Clausetti)
  
  Carlo Clausetti (29)
  Renzo Valcarenghi (5)
  
• Origins
  
  Viareggio, Lucca (10)
  Torre del Lago, Lucca (6)
  Le Touquet, Francia (4)
  s.l. (4)
  Montano, Como (1)
  New York, Stati Uniti (1)
  Parigi, Francia (1)
  Sacco di Rovereto, Trento (1)
  Sankt Moritz, Svizzera (1)
  
• Destinations
  
  Milano (19)
  
• Named people (Giuseppe Adami)
  
  Giuseppe Adami (29)
  Renzo Valcarenghi (10)
  Renato Simoni (6)
  Giovacchino Forzano (4)
  Galileo Chini (3)
  Tito II Ricordi (3)
  Umberto Brunelleschi (3)
  Antonio Puccini (2)
  Emma Carelli (2)
  Alfred Roller (1)
  Angelo Bettinelli (1)
  Arturo Toscanini (1)
  Beniamino Gigli (1)
  Edith Mason (1)
  Franz Schalk (1)
  Giovanni Battista Grandi (1)
  Giovanni Pozza (1)
  Guido Zuccoli (1)
  James Nevin Tait (1)
  Luigi Illica (1)
  Maria Carena (1)
  Pietro Mascagni (1)
  Riccardo Zandonai (1)
  Richard Strauss (1)
  Ruggero Ruggeri (1)
  Walter Mocchi (1)
  
• Named works
  
  Turandot (10)
  Il Tabarro (5)
  Gianni Schicchi (4)
  Suor Angelica (4)
  L'Amore dei Tre Re (3)
  Manon Lescaut (3)
  Giovanni Gallurese (2)
  Il Pergolese (1)
  Il Trovatore (1)
  La Rondine (1)
  Sirenetta (1)
  Sly (1)
  
• Named places
  
  Milano (3)
  Vienna, Austria (3)
  Bologna (2)
  Firenze (2)
  Parigi, Francia (2)
  Berlino, Germania (1)
  Roma (1)
  Viareggio, Lucca (1)
  
• Named theatres
  
  Teatro alla Scala (4)
  Teatro Carcano (1)
  Teatro dell'Opera (1)
  
• Topics
  
  libretto (19)
  music (12)
  trip (12)
  performance (11)
  personnel (11)
  shipping (9)
  stagings (7)
  payment (4)
  singers (3)
  contract (2)
  copyright (2)
  war (2)
  orchestra conductor (1)
  translation (1)
  
• Tipology
  
  lettera (29)
  
• Subtype
  
  letter (26)
  business card/calling card (2)
  postcard (1)
  
• Shelfmark
  
  • Institution
    
  • RISM Sigla