Verdi Stiffelio

Stiffelio is considered early Verdi to musiclogists who classify things but in reality it is a final transition between the maestros earlier but most enjoyable works and the mature craftsmanship of Rigoletto Preceded by Luisa Miller qv there is more dramatic intensity and story line than in the earlier works The plot centers around Stiffelio a minister who discovers that his wife Mina has been unfaithful