Augusto Di Giovanni

L'allegro fantasma

The noble Pantaleo Di Santa Paola has just died, and the preamble to his will is a confession in whi…

San Giovanni decollato

Mastr'Antonio Miciaccio caretaker and shoemaker is devoted to Saint John Beheaded and is trying to f…

Imputato, alzatevi!

Cipriano Duval is an Italian who has emigrated to Paris, where he works in a pediatric clinic as a n…

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The Life of Giuseppe Verdi

The great Italian opera composer recalls his eventful life on his deathbed: his childhood in Busseto…