Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari
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Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari was an Italian composer and teacher. He is best known for his comic operas such as Il segreto di Susanna. A number of his works were based on plays by Carlo Goldoni, including Le
Wolf Ferrari, ca. 1947
Wolf-Ferrari, c. 1906
Wolf-Ferrari's grave in the San Michele cemetery
Bust of Wolf-Ferrari in the Wolf-Ferrari-Haus, Ottobrunn
I gioielli della Madonna
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I gioielli della Madonna is a opera in three acts by Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari to an Italian libretto by Carlo Zangarini and Enrico Golisciani, based on news accounts of a real event. First performed in 19
Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari
…1902, he became professor of composition and director of the Liceo Benedetto Marcello. In 1911, Wolf-Ferrari tried his hand at full-blooded Verismo with I gioielli della Madonna; a story of passion, sacrilege and madness. It was quite popular in its day and for a period after, especially in Chicago, where the great Polish soprano…
A scene from act 2