Giuseppe Adami

Giuseppe Adami (* November 4, 1878 in Verona, † October 12, 1946 in Milan ) was an Italian dramatist, librettist, screenwriter and music critic.

Life

After completing his degree in law at the University of Padua Adami pursued a literary career. His most famous works are the opera libretti La Rondine, Il tabarro and Turandot, which were set to music by Giacomo Puccini. Adami also worked for the speaking stage and film. His practical experience in the opera business, he reflected in later years as a critic, including for the magazines La sera ( Milan) and La comedia ( 1931-34 ).

Works

Dramas

Libretti

  • La Rondine. Commedia lirica ( opera ) in 3 acts (along with Alfred Maria Willner, Heinz Reichert). Music: Giacomo Puccini. UA March 27, 1917 Monte Carlo ( Opera )
  • Suor Angelica (the jacket). Opera in one act (part 1 of Il trittico ). Music: Giacomo Puccini. UA December 14, 1918 New York (Metropolitan Opera)
  • Anima allegra. Opera. Music (1918 /19): Franco Vittadini ( 1884-1948 ). UA 1921
  • La via della finestra. Commedia giocosa (opera). Music ( 1914-16 ): Riccardo Zandonai. UA 1919 Revised: . UA 1923
  • Nazareth. Opera. Music: Franco Vittadini. UA 1925
  • Turandot. Dramma lirico ( opera ) in 3 acts (along with Renato Simoni [ 1875-1952 ] ). Music: Giacomo Puccini ( final unfinished). UA 25 ( a fragment ) April 1926 Milan ( Scala) Expanded version of Franco Alfano: Premiere 1926 ( 2nd performance after UA) Milan ( Scala)
  • Expanded version of Luciano Berio: Premiere August 7, 2002 Salzburg ( Grosses Festspielhaus )

Plays and screenplays

  • I Fioi di Goldoni. drama
  • Una capanna e il tuo cuore (1913). drama
  • Capelli bianchi (1915 ). drama
  • Il Lupo e la sirenetta (1918). Film. Director: Emilio Graziani -Walter
  • Felicita Colombo ( 1935). drama Film version: Felicita Colombo ( 1937). Written by: Ivo Perilli, Giuseppe Adami, Aldo De Benedetti (1892-1970), Mario Mattoli ( 1898-1980 ). Directed by Mario Mattoli
  • Film version: Nonna Felicità (1938). Screenplay: Giuseppe Adami, Aldo De Benedetti, Mario Mattoli. Directed by Mario Mattoli

Critical and biographical texts

  • Puccini Turandot e. In: La Lettura, Jg 26, No. 4 ( April 1926). Publisher Corriere della Sera, Milan 1926
  • Trenta lettere inedite di Giacomo Puccini ( Thirty unpublished letters of Giacomo Puccini ). Mondadori, Milan 1928
  • Puccini ( Biography ). Publisher Treves, Milan 1935
  • Il romanzo della vita di Giacomo Puccini. Publisher Rizzoli, Milan and Rome 1942
  • Giulio Ricordi, l' amico dei musicisti italiani. Publisher Domus, Milan 1945
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