"Opera kept my Italian alive"

Part 2 of the life story of Vincenzo Nesci, who arrived in Australia in March 1957 with the ship Neptunia with his mother and brothers to join his father who had migrated in 1949.

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Since his arrival in Australia he has never had the desire to return to Italy, but kept his Italian blood flowing thanks to his love of Opera.

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