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Luigi Illica

Italian dramatist

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  • relationship with Giacosa
    • Giacosa, Giuseppe
      In Giuseppe Giacosa

      …Italian dramatist who collaborated with Luigi Illica to write the libretti for three of Giacomo Puccini’s most famous operas.

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libretto for

    • “La Bohème”
      • Giacomo Puccini
        In La Bohème

        Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa) that premiered at the Teatro Regio in Turin, Italy, on February 1, 1896. The story, a sweetly tragic romance, was based on the episodic novel Scènes de la vie de bohème (1847–49; “Scenes of Bohemian Life”) by French writer Henri…

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    • “Madama Butterfly”
      • Giacomo Puccini
        In Madama Butterfly

        Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa) that premiered at La Scala opera house in Milan on February 17, 1904. The work is one of the most frequently performed of all operas.

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    • “Tosca”
      • poster for Giacomo Puccini's Tosca
        In Tosca

        Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa) that premiered at the Costanzi Theatre in Rome on January 14, 1900. Based on French playwright Victorien Sardou’s popular play La Tosca (1887), the opera is about political intrigue and romance in the days of the Napoleonic wars. (See

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