Word: ermanno
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...Today Venetian-born Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari (Jewels of the Madonna, Secret of Susanne, etc.) rates as one of the most successful of Italian opera composers. Unlike most of his lugubrious colleagues, Composer Wolf-Ferrari has devoted most of his time to operas with comic texts. Because Italians had greeted his first opera (Cenerentola) with catcalls and cabbages, Composer Wolf-Ferrari got most of his later works firsted outside Italy. But last week Milanese operagoers had a chance to chortle over a Wolf-Ferrari first. The new opera: La Nina Boba (The Stupid Girl), based on an old Spanish comedy...