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1 vespri Sicilian!

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Opera in five acts
Music by Giuseppe Verdi Libretto by EUGENE SCRIBE and CHARLES DUVEYRIER (sung in Italian)
French-occupied Palermo, 1282: the ringing of the vespers bell - for the wedding of the French governor's son - is the signal for terrible slaughter by Sicilian patriots.
CHORUS OF THE GRAND THEATRE,
GENEVA
SUISSE ROMANDE ORCHESTRA conducted by DONATO RENZETTI Acts 1 and 2

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Music By:
Giuseppe Verdi
Unknown:
Eugene Scribe
Unknown:
Charles Duveyrier
Conducted By:
Donato Renzetti
Source: Radio Times

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Live music and the arts: broadcasts more live music than any other radio network. Classical music is its core. Genres include world and new music, jazz, speech and drama.

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