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Giuseppe Giacosa. Giuseppe Giacosa (21 October, 1847 – 1 September, 1906) was an Italian poet, playwright and librettist. Life. He was born in Colleretto Parella, now Colleretto Giacosa, near Turin. His father was a magistrate. Giuseppe went to the University of Turin, studying in the University of Turin, Faculty of Law. Though he gained a ...
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. The son of a Piedmontese lawyer, Giacosa earned a law degree from the University ...
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Giuseppe Giacosa ( Colleretto Parella, 21 ottobre 1847 – Colleretto Parella, 1º settembre 1906) è stato un drammaturgo, scrittore e librettista italiano . Indice. 1 Biografia. 2 Biografia artistica. 3 Testi teatrali. 3.1 Commedie e drammi. 3.2 Commedie pubblicate postume. 4 Libretti. 4.1 Opera. 4.2 Oratorio. 5 Note. 6 Bibliografia. 7 Voci correlate
La bohème (/ ˌ l ɑː b oʊ ˈ ɛ m / LAH boh-EM, Italian: [la boˈɛm]) is an opera in four acts, composed by Giacomo Puccini between 1893 and 1895 to an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa, based on Scènes de la vie de bohème (1851) by Henri Murger.
Premiere. 17 February 1904. ( 1904-02-17) La Scala, Milan. Madama Butterfly ( Italian pronunciation: [maˈdaːma ˈbatterflai]; Madame Butterfly) is an opera in three acts (originally two) by Giacomo Puccini, with an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa . It is based on the short story "Madame Butterfly" (1898) by John Luther ...
Tosca is an opera in three acts by Giacomo Puccini to an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa. It premiered at the Teatro Costanzi in Rome on 14 January 1900. The work, based on Victorien Sardou 's 1887 French-language dramatic play, La Tosca, is a melodramatic piece set in Rome in June 1800, with the Kingdom of Naples 's ...
