Hooray for Olivuzza
28th August 2012
Just back from holiday, so I thought I’d write about a trip made by the Russian Imperial family in 1845–6, to Sicily. This beautiful printed tribute to mark the occasion, produced in Palermo in 1846 and combining words, images, and music (including an unpublished song by Bellini), was commissioned by Domenico Lo Faso Pietrasanta, Duke of […]
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