Tabarro di giacomo puccini biography
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Tabarro di giacomo puccini biography
Il tabarro
1918 opera in one act by Giacomo Puccini
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| Librettist | Giuseppe Adami |
| Language | Italian |
| Based on | Didier Gold's play La houppelande |
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Il tabarro (The Cloak) is an opera in one act by Giacomo Puccini to an Italianlibretto by Giuseppe Adami, based on Didier Gold [nl]'s play La houppelande.
It is the first of the trio of operas known as Il trittico. The first performance was given on 14 December 1918 at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City.[1]
Roles
| Role | Voice type | Premiere cast[2] 14 December 1918 (Conductor: Roberto Moranzoni) |
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| Michele, a barge-owner | baritone | Luigi Montesanto |
| Giorgetta, Michele's wife | soprano | Claudia Muzio |
| Luigi, a stevedore | tenor | Giulio Crimi |
| 'Tinca' ('tench'), a stevedore | tenor | Angelo Badà |
| 'Talpa' ('mole'), a stevedore | bass | Adamo Didur |
| La Frugola ('the rummager'), Talpa's wife | mezzo-soprano | Alice Gentle
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