Verdi’s second opera Un giorno di regno is one of only two comedies that he ever wrote, and it was poorly received when it premiered at the Teatro alla Scala on 5 September 1840. Many factors counted ...
Usually translated into English as ‘King for a Day’, the opera charts the escapades of the Cavaliere di Belfiore, who is masquerading as Stanislaus I, the Polish king, for political purposes. He uses ...