Gianni Schicchi

Opera: Work details

Composer: Giacomo Puccini
Music title: Gianni Schicchi (1918)
Librettist: Giovacchino Forzano
Work definition: Opera in one act
After: After a passage from the narrative poem 'Commedia, Part I: Inferno' by Dante Alighieri
Language: Italian
World premiere: 14 December 1918, Metropolitan Opera House, New York
ROH premiere: 18 June 1920, Grand Opera Syndicate Limited
ROH company premiere: 16 June 1962, Covent Garden Opera Company, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
Related work: Il trittico
Productions
Gianni Schicchi (1962) Covent Garden Opera Company (7 performances online)
Gianni Schicchi (2007) The Royal Opera (27 performances online)