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Zanetto (1896)

“Zanetto” by Pietro Mascagni

Premiere / date of written: 2 March 1896

Zanetto received its first performance on 2 March 1896 at the Liceo Musicale Rossini in Pesaro (Conductor: Pietro Mascagni). Only 40 minutes long and with cast of two singers, Zanetto was originally described by its composer as a scena lirica (lyric scene) rather than an opera.

Libretti

# Language Authors
1 Italian Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti, Guido Menasci
2 English Willard G. Day

original libretto
line-by-line of the original libretto

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