Italo Montemezzi

(The Love of Three Kings) In continuing with researching/reading/listening to some of the great operas, I stumbled upon a bilingual copy of this (English/Italian) at a Friends of the Library sale for just $1! It's dated 1950 and smells musty. It's going away now that I've read it. (have been keeping in bag away from other books). This opera was based on a poem by the same name written by Sem Benelli. If was first performed at La Scala in 1913. It is the story of the invasion of Altura by barbarians and those they loved or hated and visa versa. I listened to this on YouTube in English. The sound track was magnificent and tragic! The libretto was 68 pages in length.… (more)