Word: compagnacci
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...Manhattan, two new operas in one performance were given at the Metropolitan Opera House, La Habanera, by Raoul Laparra, and / Compagnacci, by Primo Riccitelli. These represent an important part of Mr. Gatti's novelties for the season...
...tale which is embodied in I Compagnacci ("The Evil Companions") is laid in Florence during the days of Savonarola and around the historical episode in which the reformer monk defied his enemies to trial by fire. He and a rival monk would walk through a blazing pyre, the one who emerged unscathed would be pronounced by Heaven to be right...
Giulio Gatti-Casazza, impresario of the Metropolitan Opera House, cabled from Milan that he has obtained producing rights for I Compagnacci, a new one-act opera by the Italian composer, Primi Ricitelli, young pupil of Mascagni. The first performance of the work was given at the Costanzi Theatre in Rome in April. The opera will be performed at the Metropolitan next season as a companion piece with Laparra's La Habanera...
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