I Lombardi Alla Prima Crociata AEC Video I was about 20 years

I was about 20 years old and didn't know much about Billie's records or her life or how her voice changed over the years

premiered in 1957

Verdi/ Klas/ Wennberg/ Gedda/ Falkman - Siv Wennberg: A Great Primadonna

which means fate or destiny

I Lombardi Alla Prima Crociata AEC Video I was about 20 yearsI 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