Francesca da Rimini, Op. 4, is an opera in four acts, composed by Riccardo Zandonai, with libretto by Tito Ricordi, (1865–1933), after the play Francesca da Rimini by Gabriele d'Annunzio. It was ...

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Like Puccini’s Gianni Schicchi, the tale of Francesca da Rimini can be traced back to Dante’s Inferno. The illicit love that in 13th Century Italy condemned the unfortunate lovers to eternity in ...

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March 16 at noon and March 19 at 7:30: Riccardo Zandonai’s 1914 opera, “Francesca da Rimini,” lacks immortal melodies, but it does have compensating virtues: an exquisite sensitivity to the flowing ...

The historical Paolo and Francesca were adulterous lovers in 13th-century Rimini; they were murdered by Lanciotto, who was Francesca’s husband and Paolo’s elder brother. Following the couple’s ...