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)
  
  Giacomo Puccini (30)
  
• Addresees
  
  Carlo Clausetti (14)
  Tito II Ricordi (5)
  Renzo Valcarenghi (4)
  Giulio Ricordi (3)
  Gino Cantù (2)
  Alfredo Colombo (1)
  Luigi Illica (1)
  
• Origins
  
  Viareggio, Lucca (12)
  Torre del Lago, Lucca (9)
  Londra, Regno Unito (2)
  Parigi, Francia (2)
  s.l. (2)
  Milano (1)
  New York, Stati Uniti (1)
  Roma (1)
  
• Destinations
  
  Milano (28)
  Parigi, Francia (1)
  
• Named people
  
  Tito II Ricordi (8)
  Giuseppe Adami (5)
  Albert Carré (4)
  Galileo Chini (4)
  Renzo Valcarenghi (4)
  Ricordi (3)
  Giovanni Battista Grandi (3)
  Iginia Puccini (3)
  Umberto Brunelleschi (3)
  Vanni Marcoux (3)
  Antonio Puccini (2)
  Arturo Toscanini (2)
  Carlo Clausetti (2)
  Giovacchino Forzano (2)
  Giulio Ricordi (2)
  Pierre Louÿs (2)
  Renato Simoni (2)
  Victorien Sardou (2)
  Alberto Iginio Randegger (1)
  Alexandre Luigini (1)
  Armando Morlacchi (1)
  Arturo Buzzi Peccia (1)
  Arturo Vigna (1)
  Bote & Bock (1)
  Carlo Songa (1)
  Chiusuri (1)
  David Belasco (1)
  Edoardo Sonzogno (1)
  Elvira Puccini Bonturi (1)
  Emil Berté (1)
  Emma Carelli (1)
  Enrico Caruso (1)
  Eugène Dufriche (1)
  Filippo Piccaluga (1)
  Gabriele D'Annunzio (1)
  Geraldine Farrar (1)
  Gerhart Hauptmann (1)
  Giovanni Boldini (1)
  Giulio Gatti Casazza (1)
  Giuseppe Giacosa (1)
  Giuseppe Verdi (1)
  Guido Zuccoli (1)
  Henri Louis Stanislas Mortier De Fontaine (1)
  Jacques Isnardon (1)
  John Luther Long (1)
  Julia Guiraudon (1)
  Lucia Crestani (1)
  Lucien Fugère (1)
  Luigi De Morsier (1)
  Luigi Illica (1)
  Marco Praga (1)
  Maria Carena (1)
  Mario Sala (1)
  Maurice Vaucaire (1)
  Maximilien-Nicolas Bouvet (1)
  Paul Féval (1)
  Paul Gentien (1)
  Rawlins Lowndes Cottenet (1)
  Riccardo Schnabl Rossi (1)
  Ruggero Leoncavallo (1)
  Tito I Ricordi (1)
  Tullio Serafin (1)
  Vittorio Rota (1)
  
• Named works
  
  Gianni Schicchi (9)
  Il Tabarro (7)
  Turandot (6)
  La Fanciulla del West (5)
  Manon Lescaut (5)
  Suor Angelica (5)
  La Bohème (4)
  Madama Butterfly (4)
  Conchita (3)
  Tosca (3)
  La Rondine (1)
  La Houppelande (1)
  
• Named places (Parigi, Francia)
  
  Parigi, Francia (30)
  Milano (3)
  New York, Stati Uniti (2)
  Torre del Lago, Lucca (2)
  Bologna (1)
  Budapest, Ungheria (1)
  Buenos Aires, Argentina (1)
  Capalbio, Grosseto (1)
  Firenze (1)
  Londra, Regno Unito (1)
  Roma (1)
  Vienna, Austria (1)
  
• Named theatres
  
  Teatro alla Scala (2)
  Théâtre du Châtelet (1)
  
• Topics
  
  performance (18)
  personnel (17)
  trip (14)
  libretto (9)
  shipping (9)
  stagings (8)
  music (7)
  payment (7)
  singers (7)
  orchestra conductor (6)
  musicians (4)
  bereavement (3)
  war (3)
  condolences (1)
  contract (1)
  copyright (1)
  legal issues (1)
  publication (1)
  translation (1)
  
• Tipology
  
  lettera (30)
  
• Subtype
  
  letter (24)
  postcard (4)
  business card/calling card (1)
  illustrated postcard (1)
  
• Shelfmark
  
  • Institution
    
  • RISM Sigla