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Luigi Illica (9 May 1857 – 16 December 1919) was an Italian librettist who wrote for Giacomo Puccini (usually with Giuseppe Giacosa), Pietro Mascagni, Alfredo Catalani, Umberto Giordano, Baron Alberto Franchetti and other important Italian composers. His most famous opera libretti are those for La bohème, Tosca, Madama Butterfly and Andrea ...
Giuseppe Giacosa (born Oct. 21, 1847, Colleretto Parella, near Turin, Piedmont [Italy]—died Sept. 1, 1906, Colleretto Parella) was an Italian dramatist who collaborated with Luigi Illica to write the libretti for three of Giacomo Puccini’s most famous operas.
Contemporary Authors. Illica, Luigi 1857–1919PERSONAL: Born May 9, 1857, in Castell' Arquato, Italy; died December 16, 1919, in Colombarone, Italy.CAREER: Sailor, 1875–79; cofounded a radical literary review, 1881; author and playwright, 1882–93; librettist, 1892–1904. Military service: Fought Italian military against the Turks, 1876 ...
Jul 4, 2023 · A book by Giangiacomo Schiavi explores the life and work of Luigi Illica, the librettist of Puccini, Mascagni and Giordano, and a pioneer of modern journalism. The book will be presented on 8 July in Castell'Arquato, the hometown of Illica.
Luigi Illica (9 May 1857 – 16 December 1919) was an Italian librettist who wrote for Giacomo Puccini (usually with Giuseppe Giacosa ), Pietro Mascagni , Alfredo Catalani , Umberto Giordano, Baron Alberto Franchetti and other important Italian composers.
La Bohème, Opera in four acts by Giacomo Puccini (Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa) that premiered at the Teatro Regio in Turin, Italy, on Feb. 1, 1896. The story, a sweetly tragic romance between seamstress Mimí and poet Rodolfo in 1830s Paris, was based on the episodic novel Scenes of Bohemian Life (1847–49) by French ...
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Luigi Illica (1857-1919) Luigi Illica had a rough beginning: at an early age he ran away to sea and in 1876 he found himself fighting the Turks. Three years later, however, he moved to the relatively peaceful enclave of Milan Italy and there began his literary career.
