Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—D

Diavolo

(Fra). Michele Pozza, an insurgent of Calabria (1760-1806). Scribe wrote a libretto on this hero for Auber.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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