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From: James Butrica <jbutrica@morgan.ucs.mun.ca>
Subject: Re: Toto, we're not in Parma any more

>TAN P.S.: My God, is the Met really,as I write this, permitting an
>*encore* (of "Va pensiero," of course, in "Nabucco")?  Where *are* we,
>Parma or somewhere?
>
>David Lupher

Personally, I suspect a concession made during labour negotiations.
Especially given its source, I'm sure that the comment about Parma was made
facetiously and not maliciously at all, but I still feel compelled to
observe that that chorus probably still means more to the inhabitants of
Parma (and Italy in general) than it is likely ever to do for the rest of
us.
Classical content: What was the name of the son that Verdi lost before he
composed "Nabucco"?

James Lawrence Peter Butrica
Department of Classics
Memorial University of Newfoundland
St. John's, Newfoundland  A1C 5S7
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