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Francesca da Rimini or Francesca da Polenta (died between 1283 and 1286) was a medieval noblewoman of Ravenna, who was murdered by her husband, Giovanni Malatesta, upon his discovery of her affair with his brother, Paolo Malatesta.
Synopsis. The story takes place in Ravenna and Rimini. Francesca, daughter of Guido I da Polenta, for state reasons, is to be married to Giovanni, known as Gianciotto, the malformed son of Malatesta da Verucchio.
Francesca da Rimini. In Focus. Premiere: Turin, Teatro Regio, 1914. Both a grand historical epic and a passionate romantic tragedy, Francesca da Rimini is among the most ambitious operas in the Italian repertoire. Its story is derived from a memorable and poignant (albeit brief) episode in Dante’s Inferno
Synopsis: Francesca da Rimini Select a language to update the synopsis text. Composer. Riccardo Zandonai. Librettist. Tito Ricordi. Sung In. Italian.
Synopsis. The setting is the Malatesta castle around the end of the 13th century. Prologue. The ghost of Virgil leads the poet Dante to the edge of the first circle of the Inferno. They descend into the second, where the wordless chorus of the damned souls is heard.
Francesca da Rimini Synopsis. The story takes place in Ravenna and Rimini. Francesca, daughter of Guido I da Polenta, for state reasons, is to be married to Giovanni, known as Gianciotto, the malformed son of Malatesta de Verrucchio. But as Francesca would certainly refuse to marry the lame and deformed Gianciotto, she is introduced in the ...
Mar 11, 2011 · A woman forced into a political marriage with a brutal older man falls madly in love — with her brother-in-law. The story is told in the second circle of hell.
