Le maschere

Opera dates
Title:	The masks
Original title:	Le maschere
	Postcard from 1901
Shape:	Commedia Lirica e giocoso in a parabase and three files
Original language:	Italian
Music:	Pietro Mascagni
Libretto :	Luigi Illica
Premiere:	January 17, 1901
Place of premiere:	The opera was premiered at the following opera houses at the same time: Teatro Carlo Felice , Genoa ; Teatro alla Scala , Milan ; Teatro Costanzi , Rome ; Teatro Regio , Turin ; Teatro La Fenice , Venice ; Teatro Filarmonico , Verona ;
Playing time:	about 3 hours
people
	Parabase : Giocadico , impresario and choirmaster, (speaking role); The artists; Plot : Pantalone de 'Bisognosi , a wealthy owner ( bass ); Rosaura , his daughter ( soprano ); Florindo , a young doctor, Rosaura's lover ( tenor ); Doctor Graziano , a lawyer ( baritone ); Colombina , his servant, Rosaura's confidante, Brighella's fiancée (soprano); Brighella , peddler, Florindo's confidante (tenor); Captain Spavento , (baritone); Arlecchino Battocchio , his servant (tenor); Tartaglia , servant in the Pantalones house (baritone); Citizens, farmers, Italian masks, musicians, four clerks, servants (extras and choir );

Le maschere (The Masks) is an opera in a parabase and three acts by the Italian composer Pietro Mascagni . The libretto wrote Luigi Illica . Due to the immense popularity of Mascagni at this time, the opera was to be premiered at seven leading opera houses in Italy at the same time, but the performance in Naples had to be postponed to January 19 due to the illness of the tenor Giuseppe Anselmi . Despite Mascagni's popularity, five of the six premieres were major failures, only the premiere in Rome under Mascagni's baton was a success.

Opera dates
Title:	The masks
Original title:	Le maschere
Postcard from 1901
Shape:	Commedia Lirica e giocoso in a parabase and three files
Original language:	Italian
Music:	Pietro Mascagni
Libretto :	Luigi Illica
Premiere:	January 17, 1901
Place of premiere:	The opera was premiered at the following opera houses at the same time: Teatro Carlo Felice , Genoa Teatro alla Scala , Milan Teatro Costanzi , Rome Teatro Regio , Turin Teatro La Fenice , Venice Teatro Filarmonico , Verona
Playing time:	about 3 hours
people
Parabase : Giocadico , impresario and choirmaster, (speaking role) The artists Plot : Pantalone de 'Bisognosi , a wealthy owner ( bass ) Rosaura , his daughter ( soprano ) Florindo , a young doctor, Rosaura's lover ( tenor ) Doctor Graziano , a lawyer ( baritone ) Colombina , his servant, Rosaura's confidante, Brighella's fiancée (soprano) Brighella , peddler, Florindo's confidante (tenor) Captain Spavento , (baritone) Arlecchino Battocchio , his servant (tenor) Tartaglia , servant in the Pantalones house (baritone) Citizens, farmers, Italian masks, musicians, four clerks, servants (extras and choir )