Ragazzi

«In his preface to the original Italian text, Enrico Girardi poignantly writes: "Music, like no other art, is able to 'give a name' to feelings. Without Verdi, without Wagner, without Mozart, it would be more difficult to know about love and hate, about anger, tenderness, sadness, wickedness, goodness, and so on. [€¦] When someone, be they children, young people or adults, discovers that Verdi, Wagner and Mozart [€¦] speak directly to their heart and intellect they fall in love with their universe, which begins to be perceived as a place where to see one's own reflected image and gain insight into the self and the world". Clearly espousing this high vision of opera, Carlo Scheggia, while keeping faithful to the original libretto, has successfully toned down the bleaker and cruder aspects of the story, magnifying its fairy-tale elements and, above all, the noble feelings of selfless love and sacrifice. The young readers will hopefully find the same respectful, delicate, and poetic touch