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
Joe Dassin (La Fleur aux dents) "Billboard" in its 8 July 1972 issue and based on the charts compiled by the Centre d'Information et de Documentation du Disque, Joe Dassin became the top album artist of the whole year 1971 in France. Joe Dassin (La Fleur aux dents) Joe Dassin (commonly called La Fleur aux dents after the first track on side 1) is the fourth French studio album by Joe Dassin. It came out in 1970 on CBS Disques. According to U.S. "Billboard" (its 1 May 1971 issue), the long play sold over 250,000 copies in three months. The LP reached no. 1 in France