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Edgar (opera)
1889 opera by Giacomo Puccini / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Edgar is an operatic dramma lirico in three acts (originally four acts)[1] by Giacomo Puccini to an Italian libretto by Ferdinando Fontana, freely based on the play in verse La Coupe et les lèvres by Alfred de Musset.[2]
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Edgar | |
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Opera by Giacomo Puccini | |
![]() Set design by Giuseppe Palanti for Act III | |
Librettist | Ferdinando Fontana |
Language | Italian |
Based on | Alfred de Musset's play La Coupe et les lèvres |
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The first performance was given at the Teatro alla Scala in Milan on 21 April 1889 but the opera was not a success. Puccini repeatedly revised it until a 1905 performance in Buenos Aires, before declaring the work irredeemable, describing it as "warmed-up soup".[3] It is still occasionally performed, including a 2005 recording by the Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia conducted by Alberto Veronesi and featuring Plácido Domingo. This recording was described by Gramophone as "a tasty meal".[3]