Shows · Boccaccio
Boccaccio
Opened 1880
44 performances
Musical, Origins
In fourteenth-century Florence, the young writer Giovanni Boccaccio romances Fiametta, the beautiful foster daughter of a cooper, while disguising himself among the townsfolk. When it is revealed that Fiametta is actually the secret daughter of the Duke of Tuscany, the lovers are joyfully united with the Duke's blessing.
- Music
- Franz von Suppé
- Lyrics
- F. Zell & Richard Genée
- Book
- F. Zell & Richard Genée
Productions4 on Broadway
Recordings 3 recordings
Licensing 4 entries
| UK | Josef Weinberger Ltd | not stated by this source |
| UK | Josef Weinberger Ltd | not stated by this source |
| UK | Josef Weinberger Ltd | not stated by this source |
| UK | Josef Weinberger Ltd | not stated by this source |
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. Despite the opera's clear links to the Viennese opera tradition, Suppé's opera takes most of its style from Italian opera. The opera was begun somewhere around the fall of 1878 and first published in 1879 by the August Cranz company and performed at the Carltheater, Vienna, on 1 February 1879. An English translation and adaptation was completed in 1880 by…
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