Orchestra 2(2nd
dPicc).1.2.1: 2.2.1.0:
Timp.Perc(3): Harp.Clst:
Str (4-4-3-3-3 in set):
Vocal soli (15 roles,
SSSAATTBBBBBBBB)
SKU:
AP.36-A538401
Arranged by Giacomo
Puccini and ed./arr. by
Ettore Panizza/ Libretto
by Giovacchino Forzano
after a story mentioned
in Dante Alighieri's
Divine Comedy. Light
Opera, Orchestra
Accompaniment, Conductor
Score. Kalmus Opera
Library. Score.
LudwigMasters
Publications #36-A538401.
Published by
LudwigMasters
Publications
(AP.36-A538401).
ISBN
9798892700825. UPC:
659359931277.
English.
Gianni
Schicchi is a one-act
comic opera by Giacomo
Puccini (1858-1924). The
final and most popular
opera in a trio known as
Il trittico (The
Triptych), each one
dealing with the
concealment of a death,
the work premiered at the
Metropolitan Opera on
December 14, 1918. It
tells the story of four
family members anxiously
discussing the contents
of their very recently
deceased family member,
Buoso Donati, only to
discover to their horror
that he had left
everything to a
monastery. Gianni
Schicchi, not related to
the family, arrives and
concocts a scheme to have
a new will written as
nobody but the family
knows Buoso is dead. But
when the notary arrives
Schicchi, pretending to
be a Buoso on the mend,
dictates that his house,
mule, and mills should be
left to Gianni Schicchi,
which allows him to offer
marriage between his
daughter Lauretta and
Donati family member
Rinuccio. Lauretta's
soprano aria, O mio
babbino caro (Oh, my dear
papa), is among the most
well known in opera and
is frequently sung as an
encore in recitals or
concerts.
Instrumentation: 2(2nd
dPicc).1.2.1: 2.2.1.0:
Timp.Perc(3): Harp.Clst:
Str (4-4-3-3-3 in set):
Vocal soli (15 roles,
SSSAATTBBBBBBBB). This
orchestra reduction is
completed by Ettore
Panizza. Reprint
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