Fathers and Daughters in Verdi's Operas [anniversary article]

Eric A. Plaut
From: Medical Problems of Performing Artists: Volume 20 Number 2: Page 103 (June 2005)

Abstract: Psychobiography is a treacherous business. It usually tells us more about the biographer than the subject. It is akin to doing dream analysis without having the patient's associations. It is a doubly treacherous undertaking with a man like Verdi. He was a very proud and private person who was immensely secretive about his relationships with his intimates. Additionally, his parents were both illiterate, so there is no record of his childhood.

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