Gianni Schicchi

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Gianni Schicchi. 1-act opera by Puccini to lib. by Forzano based on incident in Dante's Inferno, canto 30. Comp. 1917–18. Prod. NY Met 1918, Rome 1919, London 1920. The 3rd of Puccini's Trittico, the others being Il tabarro and Suor Angelica.

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