Giuseppe Adami (playwright)

Giuseppe Adami (born November 4, 1878 in Verona , † October 12, 1946 in Milan ) was an Italian playwright , librettist , screenwriter and music critic .

Life

After completing his law studies at the University of Padua , Adami embarked on a literary career. His best-known works are the operatic libretti La rondine , Il tabarro and Turandot , which were set to music by Giacomo Puccini . Adami also worked for the speaking stage and the film. He reflected on his practical experience in the opera business in later years as a critic, a. a. for the magazines La sera (Milan) and La comedia (1931–34).

Works

Dramas

Libretti

• La rondine . Commedia lirica (opera) in 3 acts (together with Alfred Maria Willner , Heinz Reichert ). Music: Giacomo Puccini . Premiere March 27, 1917 Monte-Carlo ( Opéra )
• Il tabarro ( The Coat ). Opera in one act (1st part of Il Szenico ). Music: Giacomo Puccini. Premiere December 14, 1918 New York City ( Metropolitan Opera )
• Anima allegra . Opera. Music (1918/19): Franco Vittadini (1884–1948). Premiere 1921
• La via della finestra . Commedia giocosa (opera). Music (1914–16): Riccardo Zandonai . WP 1919. New version: WP 1923
• Nazareth . Opera. Music: Franco Vittadini. Premiere 1925
• Turandot . Dramma lirico (opera) in 3 acts (together with Renato Simoni [1875–1952]). Music: Giacomo Puccini (finale unfinished). WP (as a fragment) April 25, 1926 Milan ( Teatro alla Scala )
  • Completed version by Franco Alfano : Premiere 1926 (2nd performance after the premiere) Milan (Teatro alla Scala)
  • Supplemented version by Luciano Berio : Premiere May 25, 2002 Los Angeles (Los Angeles Opera)

Plays and scripts

• I fioi di Goldoni . drama
• Una capanna e il tuo cuore (1913). drama
• Capelli Bianchi (1915). drama
• Il Lupo e la sirenetta (1918). Movie. Director: Emilio Graziani-Walter
• Felicita Colombo (1935). drama
  • Film version: Felicita Colombo (1937). Screenplay: Ivo Perilli , Giuseppe Adami, Aldo De Benedetti (1892–1970), Mario Mattòli (1898–1980). Director: Mario Mattoli
• Nonna Felicita (1936). drama
  • Film version: Nonna Felicità (1938). Script: Giuseppe Adami, Aldo De Benedetti , Mario Mattòli . Director: Mario Mattoli
• Chi è più felice di me? ( Who is happier than me?; 1938). Movie. Director: Guido Brignone
• Il Carnevale di Venezia (1939). Movie. Script: Giuseppe Adami. Director: Giuseppe Adami, Giacomo Gentilomo (1909-2001)

Critical and biographical texts

• Puccini e Turandot . In: La Lettura, 26th year, No. 4 (April 1926). Corriere della Sera publishing house , Milan 1926
• Trenta lettere inedite di Giacomo Puccini ( Thirty unpublished letters from Giacomo Puccini ). Mondadori Publishing House , Milan 1928
• Puccini (biography). Treves Publishing House, Milan 1935
• Il romanzo della vita di Giacomo Puccini . Rizzoli Publishing House, Milan and Rome 1942
• Giulio Ricordi, l'amico dei musicisti italiani . Publishing house Domus, Milan 1945

Web links

• Short biography ( memento of February 6, 2012 in the Internet Archive )