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Boccaccio (operetta)

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First performance
  
1 February 1879

Librettist
  
Composer
  
Franz von Suppé

Language
  
German

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Native title
  
Boccaccio, oder Der Prinz von Palermo

Translation
  
Boccaccio, or the Prince of Palermo

Premiere
  
1 February 1879 (1879-02-01)Carltheater, Vienna

Arias
  
Hab’ ich nur deine Liebe, Ich sehe einen jungen Mann dort stehn

Characters
  
Lotteringhi, Lambertuccio, Peronella, Isabella, Pietro

Similar
  
Fatinitza, Die schöne Galathée, Leichte Kavallerie, Banditenstreiche, Der Bettelstudent

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Boccaccio, oder Der Prinz von Palermo (Boccaccio, or the Prince of Palermo) is an operetta in three acts by Franz von Suppé to a German libretto by Camillo Walzel and Richard Genée, based on the play by Jean-François Bayard, Adolphe de Leuven, Léon Lévy Brunswick and Arthur de Beauplan, based in turn on The Decameron by Giovanni Boccaccio.

Contents

The opera was first performed at the Carltheater, Vienna, on 1 February 1879.

An English translation was done by Oscar Weil and Gustav Hinrichs around 1883.

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Synopsis

Time: 1331.Place: Florence.

In early-Renaissance Florence, the erotic novellas of the poet Boccaccio cause a stir and the locals are divided into the female fans of his scandalous tales and their jealous husbands. A plot is hatched by the husbands to chase Boccaccio from the city and have him locked up. But Boccaccio has other plans, including one to win the hand of the Duke's daughter Fiametta, which he finally succeeds in doing after finding favour with the Duke. Suppé's finest operetta.

Arias, duets, and ensembles

  • "Ich sehe einen jungen Mann dort stehn" (Boccaccio)
  • "Hab' ich nur deine Liebe" (Fiametta, later with Boccaccio)
  • Act 1 Finale (book-burning)
  • Serenade (Boccaccio, Pietro, Leonetto)
  • Cooper's Song (Lotteringhi)
  • Waltz Trio "Wie pocht mein Herz so ungestüm" (Fiametta, Isabella, Peronella)
  • Lovers' Sextet
  • Duet "Florenz hat schöne Frauen (Mia bella florentina)" (Fiametta, Boccaccio)
  • Act 3 Finale (Boccaccio's counsel)
  • References

    Boccaccio (operetta) Wikipedia