Giuseppe Verdi have, uniquely in his oeuvre, heroines who are, in the opera critic Joseph Kerman's words, "women who come to grief because of sexual transgression, actual or perceived". Kerman, like the psychologist Gerald Mendelssohn, sees this choice of subjects as being influenced by Verdi's uneasy passion for Strepponi. Verdi and Strepponi moved into Sant'Agata on 1 May 1851. May also brought an offer for a new opera from La Fenice, which Verdi eventually realised as "La traviata". That was followed by an agreement with the Rome Opera company to present "Il trovatore" for January 1853. Verdi now had sufficient earnings to
La frousse aux trousses Spirou and Fantasio are carried away by a torrent of water, leaving the patients cured of their hiccups, but undeniably depressed. La frousse aux trousses La frousse aux trousses, written by Tome and drawn by Janry, is the fortieth album of the "Spirou et Fantasio" series, and the eighth of the authors. The story was originally serialised in "Spirou" magazine under the title "Angoisse à Touboutt–Chan", before released in a hardcover album under the altered title later in 1987. In "La frousse aux trousses", Spirou and Fantasio intend to make a journey to Touboutt-Chan in order to clarify the fate