Achille Peri Achille Peri Achille Peri (20 December 1812 - 28 March 1880) was an Italian composer and conductor. He is best known for his operas which were strongly influenced by the music of Giuseppe Verdi. Born in Reggio Emilia, Peri began his musical education in his native city before pursuing further studies in Paris with Michele Carafa. He founded a touring opera company in Paris, but returned to Italy after it failed. He began working as a conductor at the Teatro Comunale in Reggio Emilia where his first opera, "Il solitario", premiered on 29 March 1841. His third opera, "Dirce" (1843),
The Red Peri leaves much to be desired." "The Red Peri" appears in the following Stanley G. Weinbaum collections: The Project Gutenberg versions of "The Dawn of Flame" and "A Martian Odyssey" do not contain "The Red Peri". The full text of the novella is available here: https://web.archive.org/web/20121023021553/http://homepage.ntlworld.com/forgottenfutures/weinbaum/peri.htm The Red Peri "The Red Peri" is a science fiction novella by Stanley G. Weinbaum that first appeared in the November 1935 issue of "Astounding Stories". Sam Moskowitz has noted that Weinbaum planned to write a series of sequels to "The Red Peri" but died before he could do so. "The Red Peri" is the