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 (16)
  
• Addresees (Carlo Clausetti)
  
  Carlo Clausetti (16)
  Renzo Valcarenghi (1)
  
• Origins
  
  Viareggio, Lucca (8)
  Torre del Lago, Lucca (5)
  Prunetta, Pistoia (1)
  Roma (1)
  Vienna, Austria (1)
  
• Destinations
  
  Milano (15)
  Torino (1)
  
• Named people
  
  Tito II Ricordi (7)
  Renzo Valcarenghi (6)
  Giovacchino Forzano (3)
  Giuseppe Adami (3)
  Emma Carelli (2)
  Galileo Chini (2)
  Renato Simoni (2)
  Umberto Brunelleschi (2)
  Albert Carré (1)
  Antonio Puccini (1)
  Beniamino Gigli (1)
  Caramba (1)
  Carlo Jachino (1)
  Edoardo Di Giovanni (1)
  Franz Schalk (1)
  Gabriele Santini (1)
  Gino, sr. Marinuzzi (1)
  Giuseppe Giacompol (1)
  Lamberto Landi (1)
  Lodovico Rocca (1)
  Maria Jeritza (1)
  Pietro Stroppa (1)
  Rinaldo Grassi (1)
  Roberto Moranzoni (1)
  Tristan Bernard (1)
  Vincenzo Bellezza (1)
  Vittorio Gui (1)
  
• Named works
  
  Gianni Schicchi (5)
  Turandot (5)
  Il Tabarro (4)
  Suor Angelica (4)
  La Fanciulla del West (3)
  Manon Lescaut (3)
  Il Pergolese (1)
  Nerone (1)
  Tosca (1)
  
• Named places (Milano)
  
  Milano (16)
  Roma (2)
  Vienna, Austria (2)
  Amburgo, Germania (1)
  Berlino, Germania (1)
  Cutigliano, Pistoia (1)
  Firenze (1)
  Fogliano (1)
  New York, Stati Uniti (1)
  Parigi, Francia (1)
  Prunetta, Pistoia (1)
  Torino (1)
  Viareggio, Lucca (1)
  
• Named theatres
  
  Teatro alla Scala (1)
  
• Topics
  
  music (12)
  personnel (10)
  trip (8)
  performance (7)
  stagings (6)
  orchestra conductor (4)
  shipping (4)
  singers (4)
  libretto (2)
  instruments (1)
  letters of recommendation (1)
  payment (1)
  translation (1)
  war (1)
  
• Tipology
  
  lettera (16)
  
• Subtype
  
  letter (14)
  illustrated postcard (1)
  postcard (1)
  
• Shelfmark
  
  • Institution
    
  • RISM Sigla