Alongside Giacomo Puccini and Pietro Mascagni, Alberto Franchetti was one of the most important representatives of Italian opera at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries. GERMANIA was performed on March 11, 1902 at the Teatro alla Scala in Milan and became a success at home and abroad. Musical direction: Renato Palumbo | Staging: Kirsten Harms | With Carlo Ventre, Bruno Caproni, Lise Lindstrom and others,