After Italy was unified in 1861, many of Verdi's early operas were increasingly re-interpreted as Risorgimento works with hidden Revolutionary messages that perhaps had not been originally intended by either the composer or his librettists.
Logo da unificación de Italia en 1861, moitas das primeiras óperas de Verdi foron reinterpretadas como obras do Risorgimento con mensaxes ocultos que prováblemente non foran pensados polo compositor ou o libretista.