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Giuseppe Verdi was hired to pen the 1843 opera I Lombardi on the heels of Nabucco and on the basis of that earlier work's commercial and critical success. Set during the Crusades, the story of Lombardi opens with the rivalry of two brothers -- Arvino and Pagano -- who vie with one another for the love of Viclinda. Pagano attempts to kidnap Viclinda and commit a fratricide, extinguishing Arvino, but succeeds only in murdering his father in error; circumstances force him into exile in the Holy Land. Thus begins a complex and ...

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