Verdi's work with the Teatro San Carlo of Naples stumbled when he elected to give "La battaglia di Legnano to another theater--an annulment of contract to which the Teatro San Carlo responded by threatening to have librettist Salvatore Cammarano thrown in jail. Verdi provided a new opera instead, entering into a dense correspondence with Cammarano to develop, in Verdi's words, "a short drama with plenty of interest, plenty of action, and a hug...
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