I Lombardi Alla Prima Crociata AEC Video After the success of the

After the success of the DVDs devoted to Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme and Cadmus &Hermione

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Clarence Henry was a rhythm & blues singer an pianist from New Orleans and an early disciple of Fats Domino and Professor Longhair

premiered in 1957

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I Lombardi Alla Prima Crociata AEC Video After the success of theI Lombardi alla Prima Crociata is an operatic drama in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian libretto by Temistocle Solera. The work is based on an epic poem by Tommaso Grossi, which was "very much a child of it's age; a grand historical novel with a patriotic slant." Verdi dedicated the score to Maria Luigia, the Habsburg Duchess of Parma, who died a few weeks after the premiere. "I Lombardi best encapsulates the spirit of the Italian people's