Word: avito
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...story of Blind Archibaldo who gained a kingdom and lost his soul. He has a valiant son, Manfredo. and the fair Fiora for his son's wife. He had chosen her himself, brought her as hostage from the enemy's country, but she came loving the young Prince Avito and kindness could not make her a faithful wife. Blind men see but Fiora did not know. His still eyes saw her first at dawn sending her lover out through the terrace, then at twilight in his arms, forgetting Manfredo who might have won her with his charity...
...principal characters in the opera are Archibaldo, an old man who has conquered a small Italian princedom; Manfredo, his son; the Princess Flora, who by the treaty of peace concluded between Archibaldo and the conquered Prince Avito, must break her engagement with the latter and marry Mantredo; and Flamingo, a servant. The opera ends with the tragic death of three of the principals...
...antique romanticism, would have recommended itself to Verdi. The time is the middle ages, and the story, quickly told, involves a wife who has been unfaithful to her husband while he is off fighting the invaders. His blind father knows the guilt but not the name of the lover, Avito, so he keeps silence. The husband Manfredo, on his return, is coldly received, but goes again to war with the pledge that Flora will wave to him until his retinue is out of sight. Beguiled by Avito, she leaves the battlements too soon; the blind father strangles her, the husband...
...each situation. The figure of Flora, scarlet-clad, waving to her departing husband from the battlements, is memorable, and the ensuing struggle with Archibaldo before he kills her, is a most impressive climax. M. Baklanoff, as Manfredo, outdid his comrades with a smooth and telling voice: M. Crimi's Avito was less inspired, though agreeable, and M. Lazzari made a vigorous old Archibaldo...
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