Italian opera, for example, seems to bring out the best in her.

At the most, he has given us the best survey we have of Italian opera around 1900.

But Italian opera has a place in this discussion as well.

His contribution to the development of Italian opera was particularly significant.

Italian opera at this time needed a new composer to bring more life into it.

He pushed at the boundaries of Italian opera, but from within.

It was particularly suited to the performance of Italian operas.

It is considered one of the first Italian comic operas.

And that possibly stems from the time when Italian opera was popular here.

He is considered a foremost interpreter of early Italian opera.