Lodoletta
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Lodoletta is a dramma lirico or lyric opera in three acts by Pietro Mascagni (1917). The libretto is by Giovacchino Forzano, and is based on the novel Two Little Wooden Shoes by Marie Louise de la Ramée, (Ouida).
It was first performed at the Teatro Costanzi in Rome on April 30, 1917. The American premiere was on January 12, 1918 at the Metropolitan Opera, New York, with Geraldine Farrar in the title role and Enrico Caruso.
[edit] External links
- Libretto for the opera (in Italian)