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Ferdinando Fontana
Italian librettist and writer (1850–1919) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Ferdinando Fontana (30 January 1850 – 10 May 1919) was an Italian journalist, dramatist, and poet. He is best known today for having written the libretti of the first two operas by Giacomo Puccini – Le Villi and Edgar.
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