 Many of the subsequent letters from the composer (those of 29 June, 30 August, and 9 September 1853 for example), in addition to others continuing into April 1856, constantly demonstrate Verdi's detailed oversight.Subsequent correspondence with Somma up to 1859 focuses primarily on the problems which Verdi was having with the censors on "Un Ballo in Maschera".But the "Re Lear" project kept haunting Verdi to the end of his life.