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- Title
Defining Italianness: The Opera That Made Puccini.
- Authors
Wilson, Alexandra
- Abstract
The article focuses on the gala performance of the opera "Manon Lescaut," by Giacomo Puccini on February 1, 1923 at La Scala in Milan, Italy, which was intended to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the opera's premiere. It states that the performance had prompted the composer and audience to reflect on the development of his compositional style since the opera had premiered. It mentions that Italian audiences viewed "Manon Lescaut" to represent Puccini as a pure and genuine Italian. It says that the work had been perceived as a symbolic work, despite its origination from a French literary work and influence by the music of Richard Wagner.
- Subjects
MILAN (Italy); ITALY; MANON Lescaut (Theatrical production); PUCCINI, Giacomo, 1858-1924; OPERA; THEATER audiences; LITERARY style; 20TH century Italian drama; WAGNER, Richard, 1813-1883; INFLUENCE (Literary, artistic, etc.)
- Publication
Opera Quarterly, 2008, Vol 24, Issue 1/2, p82
- ISSN
0736-0053
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/oq/kbn058