Edgar

Composer: PUCCINI, Giacomo
  • Puccini’s opera Edgar premiered at La Scala on April 21, 1889.1
  • The libretto was written by Ferdinando Fontana, based on a poem by French dramatist Alfred de Musset (1810-1857).2
  • The opera was not successful at its premiere, and Puccini revised it several times until it reached its definitive form with a production in Buenos Aires at the Teatro de la Opera on July 8, 1905.3
  • Story: set in Flanders in 1302, the opera follows Edgar, who is torn between his feelings for the virtuous Fidelia and the amoral temptress Tigrana.4

Sources

  1.  Michele Girardi, “Puccini, Giacomo (ii),” Grove Music Online (2001), accessed December 26, 2019,  https://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/grovemusic/view/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.001.0001/omo-9781561592630-e-6002278242.
  2. Ibid.
  3.  Julian Budden, “Edgar,” Grove Music Online (2002), accessed December 26, 2019,  https://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/grovemusic/view/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.001.0001/omo-9781561592630-e-5000901407. 
  4. Ibid.

Cut IDs

43824 43825