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Giuseppe Giacosa (21 October 1847 – 1 September 1906) was an Italian poet, playwright and librettist.
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 degree in law, he did not pursue a legal career.
He gained initial fame for his play Una Partita a Scacchi ("A Game of Chess") in 1871. His main field was playwriting, which he accomplished with both insight and simplicity, using subjects set in Piedmont and themes addressing contemporary bourgeois values. He wrote La signora di Challant (La Dame de Challant, The Lady of Challand), based on a novella by Matteo Bandello, for noted French actress Sarah Bernhardt, produced in New York in 1891.
Giacosa wrote the final polished version of the libretto for Giacomo Puccini's Manon Lescaut, which had been begun by Ruggero Leoncavallo, Marco Praga, Domenico Oliva, and Luigi Illica. He also wrote the librettos used by Puccini for La bohème, Tosca and Madama Butterfly in conjunction with Luigi Illica. Illica supplied the plot and dialogue, and Giacosa polished the libretto into verses.
Giacomo Antonio Domenico Michele Secondo Maria Puccini (Italian: [ˈdʒaːkomo putˈtʃiːni]; 22 December 1858 – 29 November 1924) was an Italian composer whose operas are among the important operas played as standards.
Puccini has been called "the greatest composer of Italian opera after Verdi". While his early work was rooted in traditional late-19th-century romantic Italian opera, he successfully developed his work in the realistic verismo style, of which he became one of the leading exponents.
Puccini was born Giacomo Antonio Domenico Michele Secondo Maria Puccini in Lucca in Tuscany, in 1858. He was one of nine children of Michele Puccini and Albina Magi. The Puccini family was established in Lucca as a local musical dynasty by Puccini's great-great grandfather – also named Giacomo (1712–1781). This first Giacomo Puccini was maestro di cappella of the Cattedrale di San Martino in Lucca. He was succeeded in this position by his son, Antonio Puccini, and then by Antonio's son Domenico, and Domenico's son Michele (father of the subject of this article). Each of these men studied music at Bologna, and some took additional musical studies elsewhere. Domenico Puccini studied for a time under Giovanni Paisiello. Each composed music for the church. In addition, Domenico composed several operas, and Michele composed one opera. Puccini's father Michele enjoyed a reputation throughout northern Italy, and his funeral was an occasion of public mourning, at which the then-famed composer Giovanni Pacini conducted a Requiem.
Madama Butterfly (IPA: [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. The opera is based in part on the short story "Madame Butterfly" (1898) by John Luther Long, which in turn was based partially on stories told to Long by his sister Jennie Correll and partially on the semi-autobiographical 1887 French novel Madame Chrysanthème by Pierre Loti. Long's version was dramatized by David Belasco as a one-act play, Madame Butterfly: A Tragedy of Japan, which, after premiering in New York in 1900, moved on to London, where Puccini saw it in the summer of that year.
The original version of the opera, in two acts, had its premiere on 17 February 1904 at Teatro alla Scala in Milan. It was poorly received, despite such notable singers as soprano Rosina Storchio, tenor Giovanni Zenatello and baritone Giuseppe De Luca in its lead roles; this was due in part to a late completion by Puccini, and thus inadequate time for rehearsals. Puccini revised the opera, splitting Act II into two (with the Humming Chorus as a bridge to what became Act III) and making other changes. Success ensued, starting with the first performance, on 28 May 1904 in Brescia.
Luigi Illica (9 May 1857 – 16 December 1919) was an Italian librettist who wrote for Giacomo Puccini (usually with Giuseppe Giacosa), Alfredo Catalani, Umberto Giordano, Baron Alberto Franchetti and other important Italian composers. His most famous opera librettos are those for La bohème, Tosca, Madama Butterfly and Andrea Chénier.
Illica was born at Castell'Arquato. His personal life sometimes imitated his libretti. The reason he is always photographed with his head slightly turned is because he lost his right ear in a duel over a woman. When silent films based on Illica's operas were made, his name appeared in large letters on advertisements because distributors could only guarantee that his stories would be used, and not that they would be accompanied by the music of the appropriate composer.
As a playwright of considerable quality, he is today remembered through one of Italy's oldest awards, the Luigi Illica International Prize founded in 1961, which goes to world famous opera singers, opera conductors, directors and authors. The Award is now awarded every two years and alternates with the Illica Opera Stage International Competition, which offers prizes and debut opportunities to young singers.
Like the Leaves (Italian:Come le foglie) is a 1935 Italian drama film directed by Mario Camerini and starring Isa Miranda, Mimi Aylmer and Nino Besozzi. It was based on a play by Giuseppe Giacosa. The film radically altered the image of Miranda from her previous film Everybody's Woman (1934) in which she had played a glamorous film star. In this case she appeared as a modest middle-class woman. Miranda was widely praised for her performance, further enhancing her status as the leading Italian actress.
After their father is ruined financially, his middle-class children go out to work. While most struggle, his daughter Nennele proves to be an unexpected success.
Actors: Franco Castellano (actor), Stefania Sandrelli (actress), Antonio Siciliano (editor), Giorgio Capitani (director), Fritz von Friedl (actor), Francesco Scardamaglia (writer), Francesco Scardamaglia (producer), Nino Fuscagni (actor), Aurelio Marino (miscellaneous crew), Alberto Gimignani (actor), Sophie von Kessel (actress), Alessio Boni (actor), Marco Frisina (composer), Andrea Giordana (actor), Enzo Marino Bellanich (actor),
Plot: Vienna, 1924: Puccini, the world-famous composer of operas finds a confidante in the journalist Liza Berman, who will accompany him on a trip into his past: The unrequited love he feels for Elvira, a married woman, who secretly returns his feelings. As a 20-year-old he is living in Milan, in bitter poverty, and barely struggles along as a musician, but upon finishing his studies he makes quite an impression. Full of hope he applies to take part in a contest for opera composers, but he is turned down. Puccini had firmly counted on winning the prize money and now faces financial straits. Thanks to the librettist Fontana, his one-act opera "Le Villi" is performed all the same. The established music publisher Ricordi now commissions Puccini to write the opera "Edgar", which turns out a flop. When Elvira leaves her husband to live with Puccini, the lovers are beset by feelings of guilt. Puccini begins to doubt himself, but due to Ricordi's support, Puccini can write in peace. Soon he triumphs in opera houses all over Europe with "Manon Lescaut", but Ricordi demands fresh supplies. A former lover, who used to be a dancer in the Cabaret, brings the novel "Vie Bohème" to his attention, a subject, which his colleague Leoncavallo is already working on. But it is Puccini who prevails with Ricordi. When Puccini tries to get rid of the overbearing conductor Toscanini as well, Ricordi resists him. "La Bohème" becomes a giant success under Toscanini's musical direction. As Puccini later gets stuck in his work at "Tosca" he waits for inspiration at night in shape of his muse Antilisa, a shy mythological animal. Again Puccini experiences a triumph. Always on the lookout for a new subject, a frustrated Puccini travels to London. There he accompanies his friend Sybil Seligman to the theatre, where "Madame Butterfly" electrifies him. Back in Italy, he develops a platonic relationship with the servant girl Doria. Elvira fires Doria and makes Puccini promise never to see her again. The young woman commits suicide. After initially failing in Milan, "Madama Butterfly" triumphs a few months and several changes later in other European cities. In Vienna, Elvira surprises Puccini with the journalist Liza Berman, but by that time Elvira's love is above the slights Puccini has inflicted on her over the years. She demands that Dr. Landauer thoroughly examines her husband, who is suffering from a chronic sore throat. The final diagnosis shows a malign tumor of the larynx. Meanwhile, the work on "Turandot" has ground to a halt. Liza takes him along to a concert of contemporary music, which he finds fascinating and unsettling at the same time, because it makes him feel that his own music sounds old-fashioned by comparison. While undergoing treatment at a Brussels hospital, Puccini confesses to Elvira that he blames himself for Doria's death. During a sleepless night he tosses the unfinished score to "Turandot" into the fireplace, but Elvira saves the manuscript. Puccini dies not long after-wards. Milan, 1926: "Turandot" is performed for the first time in the presence of Elvira and their children Tonio and Fosca, with Toscanini at the baton. He has the performance interrupted at the exact spot where Puccini had to give up his composition.
Genres: Biography,Come le foglie (1900) - di Giuseppe Giacosa (1847-1906) http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Come_le_foglie_(Giacosa) Massimo: ...." Vuoi ribellarti contro le foglie che il vento disperde? Trattienile se puoi. Hanno tanta grazia, e tanta eleganza, e non sai dove vanno a finire. Quella gente là non finisce. Nessuno farà mai la bricconata concludente: svolazzano di viltà in viltà e dileguano nella viltà universale. Un bel giorno, ti volti, non ci sono più." Commedia in due tempi messa in onda dalla RAI nel 1965. Attori: Tino Carraro, Olga Villi, Ileana Ghione, Paolo Ferrari, Raoul Grassilli.... Regia di Edmo Fenoglio http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Come_le_foglie_(Giacosa)
Voce di Giuseppe Giacosa. Registrazione vocale su grafofono "Edison" Parella, 11 aprile 1900
Come le foglie di Giuseppe Giacosa -1965 - con Tino Carraro,Olga Villi,Paolo Ferrari,Ileana Ghione,Raoul Grassilli,Mariolina Bovo,Karola Zopegni,Loredana Savelli,Giorgio Bonora,Vittorio Manfrino,Gianni di benedetto,Tullio Valli,Sara Ridolfi,Ada Ferrari,Gianni Stiepa,Cesare domenici
Mina canta Sono Andati da Sulla Tua Bocca Lo Dirò 2009 Testo di: Giuseppe Giacosa e Luigi Illica Musica di: Giacomo Puccini Arrangiamento: Gianni Ferrio
Puccinis Musik: schön zum Steine erweichen. Das Herz des Polizeichefs Scarpia: eisenhart. Der politische Gefangene Angelotti bringt sich um. Der Maler Cavaradossi wird hingerichtet. Die Sängerin Tosca stürzt sich in die Tiefe, nachdem sie den Bösewicht Scarpia erstochen hat. Drei Fluchten vor Staatsmacht, Folter und Exekution, die nicht in eine neue Heimat münden, sondern geradewegs in den Tod. Keine Aussicht auf Glück, keine Hoffnung auf Zukunft. Was bleibt, sind unsterbliche Arien. Gefühle gießen sich in Töne, die sehnsuchtsvoller nicht sein können: "E lucevan le stelle!" (Und es leuchteten die Sterne), singt Cavaradossi, bevor er seinen Abschiedsbrief an Tosca schreibt. Eine der berühmtesten Arien überhaupt. Vita brevis, ars longa: Die Kunst überdauert den Menschen.
Madama Butterfly è un'opera in tre atti (originariamente due) di Giacomo Puccini, su libretto di Giuseppe Giacosa e Luigi Illica, denominata originariamente "tragedia giapponese in due atti". Madama Butterfly is an opera in three acts (originally two) by Giacomo Puccini, libretto by Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica, originally called "Japanese tragedy in two acts. " video edited bya.vullo
A Colleretto Giacosa Paola Gamba è stata riconfermata sindaco per il suo secondo mandato consecutivo
Madama Butterfly (IPA: [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 Long, which in turn was based on stories told to Long by his sister Jennie Correll and on the semi-autobiographical 1887 French novel Madame Chrysanthème by Pierre Loti.[1][2][3] Long's version was dramatized by David Belasco as the one-act play Madame Butterfly: A Tragedy of Japan, which, after premiering in New York in 1900, moved to London, where Puccini saw it in the summer of that year.[4] The original version of the opera, in two acts, had its premiere on 17 February 1904 at Teatro alla Scala in Milan. It was poorly received,...
Come le foglie (1900) - di Giuseppe Giacosa (1847-1906) http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Come_le_foglie_(Giacosa) Massimo: ...." Vuoi ribellarti contro le foglie che il vento disperde? Trattienile se puoi. Hanno tanta grazia, e tanta eleganza, e non sai dove vanno a finire. Quella gente là non finisce. Nessuno farà mai la bricconata concludente: svolazzano di viltà in viltà e dileguano nella viltà universale. Un bel giorno, ti volti, non ci sono più." Commedia in due tempi messa in onda dalla RAI nel 1965. Attori: Tino Carraro, Olga Villi, Ileana Ghione, Paolo Ferrari, Raoul Grassilli.... Regia di Edmo Fenoglio http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Come_le_foglie_(Giacosa)
Voce di Giuseppe Giacosa. Registrazione vocale su grafofono "Edison" Parella, 11 aprile 1900
Come le foglie di Giuseppe Giacosa -1965 - con Tino Carraro,Olga Villi,Paolo Ferrari,Ileana Ghione,Raoul Grassilli,Mariolina Bovo,Karola Zopegni,Loredana Savelli,Giorgio Bonora,Vittorio Manfrino,Gianni di benedetto,Tullio Valli,Sara Ridolfi,Ada Ferrari,Gianni Stiepa,Cesare domenici
Mina canta Sono Andati da Sulla Tua Bocca Lo Dirò 2009 Testo di: Giuseppe Giacosa e Luigi Illica Musica di: Giacomo Puccini Arrangiamento: Gianni Ferrio
Puccinis Musik: schön zum Steine erweichen. Das Herz des Polizeichefs Scarpia: eisenhart. Der politische Gefangene Angelotti bringt sich um. Der Maler Cavaradossi wird hingerichtet. Die Sängerin Tosca stürzt sich in die Tiefe, nachdem sie den Bösewicht Scarpia erstochen hat. Drei Fluchten vor Staatsmacht, Folter und Exekution, die nicht in eine neue Heimat münden, sondern geradewegs in den Tod. Keine Aussicht auf Glück, keine Hoffnung auf Zukunft. Was bleibt, sind unsterbliche Arien. Gefühle gießen sich in Töne, die sehnsuchtsvoller nicht sein können: "E lucevan le stelle!" (Und es leuchteten die Sterne), singt Cavaradossi, bevor er seinen Abschiedsbrief an Tosca schreibt. Eine der berühmtesten Arien überhaupt. Vita brevis, ars longa: Die Kunst überdauert den Menschen.
Madama Butterfly è un'opera in tre atti (originariamente due) di Giacomo Puccini, su libretto di Giuseppe Giacosa e Luigi Illica, denominata originariamente "tragedia giapponese in due atti". Madama Butterfly is an opera in three acts (originally two) by Giacomo Puccini, libretto by Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica, originally called "Japanese tragedy in two acts. " video edited bya.vullo
A Colleretto Giacosa Paola Gamba è stata riconfermata sindaco per il suo secondo mandato consecutivo
Madama Butterfly (IPA: [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 Long, which in turn was based on stories told to Long by his sister Jennie Correll and on the semi-autobiographical 1887 French novel Madame Chrysanthème by Pierre Loti.[1][2][3] Long's version was dramatized by David Belasco as the one-act play Madame Butterfly: A Tragedy of Japan, which, after premiering in New York in 1900, moved to London, where Puccini saw it in the summer of that year.[4] The original version of the opera, in two acts, had its premiere on 17 February 1904 at Teatro alla Scala in Milan. It was poorly received,...
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Caudium Festival Park - Airola Teatro comunale La Bohéme - Opera lirica di Giacomo Puccini su libretto di Giuseppe Giacosa e Luigi Illica
Tosca, di Giacomo Puccini libretto di Giuseppe Giacosa e Luigi Illica Coro “Punto Coronato” Orchestra Sinfonica Rossini di Pesaro direttore Aldo Salvagno regia Alfonso De Filippis scene Fondazione Teatro Borgatti
Giacomo Puccini - Madama Butterfly Libretto by Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica Cio-Cio-San.... Mirella Freni B. F. Pinkerton.... Plácido Domingo Suzuki.... Christa Ludwig Sharpless.... Robert Kerns Goro.... Michel Sénéchal Prince Yamadori.... Giorgio Stendoro Bonzo.... Marius Rintzler Kate Pinkerton.... Elke Schary Wiener Philharmoniker Conducted by Herbert von Karajan Directed by Jean-Pierre Ponnelle 1975
http://www.teatromassimo.it/calendario/opere/madama-butterfly.html MADAMA BUTTERFLY Musica - Giacomo Puccini Libretto - Giuseppe Giacosa e Luigi Illica Direttore - Jader Bignamini Regia - Nicola Berloffa Scene - Fabio Cherstich Costumi - Valeria Donata Bettella Luci - Marco Giusti Coordinamento - Gery Palazzotto Regia televisiva - Antonio Di Giovanni Orchestra e Coro del Teatro Massimo Maestro del Coro - Piero Monti Nuovo allestimento in coproduzione con il Macerata Opera Festival Cast Cio-Cio-San - Hui He Suzuki - Anna Malavasi Kate Pinkerton - Milena Josipovic F. B. Pinkerton - Brian Jagde Sharpless - Giovanni Meoni Goro - Mario Bolognesi Il principe Yamadori - Vittorio Albamonte Lo zio Bonzo - Manrico Signorini
Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924): La Boheme Composer: Puccini, Giacomo Libretto/Text Author: Giacosa, Giuseppe Libretto/Text Author: Illica, Luigi Conductor: Karajan, Herbert von Orchestra: Milan La Scala Orchestra Chorus: Milan La Scala Chorus Chorus Master: Benaglio, Roberto Colline: Vinco, Ivo Marcello: Panerai, Rolando Mimi: Freni, Mirella Musetta: Martino, Adriana Rodolfo: Raimondi, Gianni Schaunard: Maffeo, Gianni Producer: Buttenstedt, Fritz Set/Stage Designer: Haferung, Paul Costume Designer: Escoffier, Marcel Stage Director: Zeffirelli, Franco Television Director: Semmelroth, Wilhelm
La bohème (French pronunciation: [la bɔ.ɛm], Italian: [la boˈɛm]) is an opera in four acts,[N 1] composed by Giacomo Puccini to an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa, based on Scènes de la vie de bohème by Henri Murger.[1] The world premiere performance of La bohème was in Turin on 1 February 1896 at the Teatro Regio,[2] conducted by the young Arturo Toscanini; its U.S. premiere took place the following year, 1897, in Los Angeles. Since then, La bohème has become part of the standard Italian opera repertory and is one of the most frequently performed operas worldwide.[3] In 1946, fifty years after the opera's premiere, Toscanini conducted a performance of it on radio with the NBC Symphony Orchestra. This performance was eventually released on records and on compact disc...
Cio-Cio-San: Mirella Freni B. F. Pinkerton: José Carreras Suzuki: Teresa Berganza Sharpless: Juan Pons Goro: Anthony Laciura Bonzo: Kurt Rydl Kate Pinkerton: Marianne Rørholm Yamadori: Mark Curtis Commissario: Hidenori Komatsu L'ufficiale del registro: Hidenori Komatsu Cugina: Noriko Sasaki Madre: Hitomi Katagiri Lo zio Yakuside: Petteri Salomaa Zia: Judith Howarth Giacomo Puccini "Madama Butterfly" Opera in three acts Libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa Ambrosian Opera Chorus Leader: John McCarthy Philharmonia Orchestra Conductor: Giuseppe Sinopoli
Cio Cio San: Renata Tebaldi Pinkerton: Carlo Bergonzi Sharpless: Enzo Sordello Suzuki: Fiorenza Cossotto Kate Pinkerton: Lidia Nerozzi Goro: Angelo Mercuriali Il principe Yamadori: Michele Cazzato (Casato) Lo zio Bonzo: Paolo Washington Il commissario imperiale: Virgilio Carbonari Yakusidè: Oscar Nanni L'ufficiale del Registro: Oscar Nanni Giacomo Puccini "Madama Butterfly" Opera in three acts Libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa Coro dell Accademia Nationale de Santa Cecilia Orchestra dell Accademia Nationale de Santa Cecilia Dirigent: Tullio Serafin
Compagnia Teatrale "Vox Animae" Roma, Teatro Duse, 7 e 8 giugno 2014 "Come le foglie" di Giuseppe Giacosa Adattamento e Regia: Barbara Bulzomì Attori: Simonetta Lauto -- Nennele Federico Diotallevi -- Gaspare Massimo Anzalone -- Tommy Maria Grazia Di Marzio -- Giulia Edoardo Possenti -- Giovanni Rosani Giuseppe Spezia -- Massimo Scenografa ed Assistente alla regia: Mina Perniola