Chopin
Music by Giacomo Orefice · libretto by Angiolo Orvieto · premiered 1901
Chopin is a four-act opera by Giacomo Orefice (1865–1922) to a libretto by Angiolo Orvieto, premiered in Milan in 1901. The opera, which is "a wildly inaccurate account" of the life of Frédéric Chopin, is based entirely on his music, orchestrated by Orefice. The vocal score indicates the sources of the music, which include Chopin's sonatas, polonaises, mazurkas and nocturnes.
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About the Composer
Giacomo Orefice (1865 – 1922) was an Italian composer. He was born on 27 August 1865 in Vicenza, which was then part of the Austrian Empire, but was annexed into Italy in the following year. He studied under Alessandro Busi and Luigi Mancinelli at the Liceo Musicale di Bologna, and later became professor of composition at the Milan Conservatory. His students included Andree Aeschlimann Rochat. He died in Milan on 22 December 1922. His works include: Operas L'oasi (1885) Mariska (1889) Consuelo (1895, after George Sand's novel; the title role was created by Cesira Ferrani, who the following year created Mimí in Puccini's La bohème) Il gladiatore (1898) Chopin (1901); Orefice's most…
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