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• Turn of the Century

1884–1970, Italian Librettist Forzano found his métier in writing and was a follower of Arrigo Boito. Forzano also worked with several other leading Italian composers, particularly those representative of verismo such as Mascagni and Leoncavallo. Forzano also worked as a stage director, producing Puccini’s Turandot in 1926. Introduction | Turn of the Century | Opera Personalities | Mary ...

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the text for the first one-acter, Il tabarro. As usual, though, Puccini did not make life easy and Adami did not stay the course. It was Giovacchino Forzano, a medicine and law graduate who had begun work as a baritone, who brought the remaining two pieces to fruition. It became clear that some sort of unifying ...

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of the German text of La rondine, ended by providing a complete libretto. Adami also wrote the libretto for Il tabarro, the first opera of Il trittico. Giovacchino Forzano wrote the other two, Suor Angelica and Gianni Schicchi. For his final opera, Turandot, Puccini returned to Adami, who collaborated with Renato Simonov on the excellent ...

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and Schumann as well as to the folk music of his native country for helping to develop his style. Introduction | Turn of the Century | Opera Personalities | Giovacchino Forzano | Turn of the Century | Opera Techniques | Operetta | Turn of the Century | Opera ...