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Evgeny Khokhlov

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Nadezhda Bakhshieva

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Vasilisa Kutuzova

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Gianni Schicchi Puccini

Part I - "Gianni Schicchi".

Giacomo Puccini wrote twelve operas, of which only one comic opera, Gianni Schicchi. This is the name of a real person who lived in Florence in the 13th century and forged in his favor the will of another citizen, Buoso Donati. Gianni Schicchi is mentioned in the Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri: as punishment for his adventure, he viciously rushes about in hell.
Gianni Schicchi is part of the Triptych, a very important challenge for Puccini: to write three one-act operas in three different genres. The first was "Cloak" - an everyday drama about love and jealousy. The second is Sister Angelica, a mystical tragedy. Well, the third is a comedy about a Florentine rogue.
Gianni Schicchi is full of cheerful chaos in the spirit of Rossini's Barber of Seville, musical humor, references to other Puccini operas. This opera is both a tribute to the Italian commedia dell'arte and a declaration of love for beautiful Florence. And it also provides a fertile opportunity to show that in the 13th, 20th, and 21st centuries, the proverb “do not dig a hole for your neighbor” is true.
In the play by Nadezhda Bakhshiyeva and Vasilisa Kutuzova, the characters get the opportunity to replay their story once again and understand whether they need to be cleansed from the consequences of the sins committed during their lifetime.

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Gianni Schicchi by Puccini, From (2019/2019), Directed by Nadezhda Bakhshieva,, Conductor Evgeny Khokhlov, Samara Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet, Samara, Russia

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