Luigi Illica Knihy

Set in nineteenth-century Paris, a group of struggling artists confronts the challenges of poverty and illness while navigating love and loss during a harsh winter. This four-act opera explores the poignant lives of bohemians, capturing their emotional highs and inevitable heartaches amidst a backdrop of artistic aspiration and fragile relationships.

A tragic tale infused with exotic flair, Japanese melodies, and refined harmonies: In the tragedy of Cho-Cho-San, known as Butterfly, the young Japanese daughter of a samurai abandoned by the American naval officer B. E. Pinkerton, Giacomo Puccini masterfully merges Eastern sounds with European color. The opera explores themes of love, betrayal, and cultural clash, depicting Butterfly's deep devotion and the devastating consequences of her trust. After a failed premiere on February 17, 1904, at La Scala in Milan, a revised version achieved great success just months later in Brescia.

Dies ist das Prosa-Libretto zu Luigi Illica's Oper "TESS", basierend auf Thomas Hardys Roman, erstmals ins Deutsche übersetzt von Dr. Valentino Bonvicini. Die Oper wurde 1909 in Italien aufgeführt und kann sowohl als Melodrama als auch als Sprechtheater inszeniert werden. Es handelt sich um die deutsche Erstausgabe.