Il trovatore is an opera in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian libretto largely written by Salvadore Cammarano, based on the Spanish play El trovador (1836) by Antonio García Gutiérrez. Set in the 15th century in Biscay and Aragon, Spain, it tells the story of a nobleman named Count di Luna, who falls in love with Leonora, a lady-in-waiting. However, Leonora in turn falls in love with Manrico, the titular troubadour of the opera. The premiere of Il trovatore took place at the Teatro Apollo in Rome in January 1853. This undated poster by Luigi Morgari depicts a scene from act 4 of the opera, in which Leonora encounters Manrico, who is imprisoned in di Luna's dungeon.Poster credit: Luigi Morgari; restored by Adam Cuerden
4. that the Zappas Olympics were a series of four athletic contests held in Athens between 1859 and 1889 and are considered as precursors to the modern Olympic Games?
16. that the Albanian poet Haxhi Shekreti composed the epic Alipashiad in Greek, considering it a more prestigious language in which to praise his master, Ali Pasha of Ioannina?
17. that the capture of the strategic Klisura Pass by the Greek army, in January 1941, was considered a major success by the Allied forces?
24. that poet and author Kostas Krystallis escaped to Greece after being denounced by the Ottoman authorities for writing a patriotic collection of poetry?
26. that the decisive factor for the Greek victory at Bizani (1913) was not numerical superiority, but the solid operational planning that did not allow the Ottoman forces to react?
30. that, during the Balkan Wars of 1912–1913, Greek aviator Christos Adamidis landed his Farman MF.7 in the central square of his hometown, Ioannina, as soon as the city had come under Greek control?
32. that the Evangelical School of Smyrna was the most important Greek educational institution in İzmir, Turkey, possessing an archaeological museum, a natural science collection and a library?
34. that the New Academy, an 18th-century higher learning institute and center of Greek culture, in Moscopole, Albania, was nicknamed "the worthiest jewel of the city"?
47. that Grave Circle A(pictured) in Mycenae, Greece, was the burial place of the 16th century BC Mycenaean ruling families?
48. that the Lion Gate(pictured), the main entrance of the Bronze Age citadel of Mycenae in Greece, is the sole surviving monument of Mycenaean sculpture?
62. that the building of the Bangas Gymnasium in Korcë, Albania, was erected with the support of the Lasso, a local community fund aimed at the promotion of Greek education and culture?
68. that although the Greek Orthodox bishop of Korçë, Photios, took initiatives for the promotion of the local education, he was assassinated in 1906 for not supporting Albanian cultural activity?
71. that Eritha, one of the most significant priestesses in MycenaeanPylos in c. 1200 BC, was involved in a dispute over the legal status of her religious holdings?
74. that in the armies of Mycenaean Greece, chariots were initially used as fighting vehicles, but by the 13th century BC their role was probably limited to battlefield transport?
76. that 16th-century Greek noble Manthos Papagiannis repeatedly solicited support from western European leaders for a planned uprising against the Ottoman Empire?
77. that 71 years after the Lyngiades massacre in Greece, President Joachim Gauck was Germany's first official representative to visit the site and express his apologies for the Wehrmacht's atrocities?
81. that in 1608, Greek spy Petros Lantzas devised a plan to assassinate the Ottoman Sultan by placing a present containing explosives in front of him?
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