Francesca da Rimini (Russian: Франческа да имини), Op. 25, is an opera in a prologue, two tableaux and an epilogue by Sergei Rachmaninoff to a Russian libretto by Modest Ilyich Tchaikovsky. It is based on the story of Francesca da Rimini in the fifth canto of Dante's epic poem The Inferno (the first part of the Divine Comedy). The fifth canto is the part about the Second Circle of Hell (Lust). Rachmaninoff had composed the love duet for Francesca and Paolo in 1900, but did not resume work on the opera until 1904. The first performance was on 24 January (O.S. 11 January) 1906 at the Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow, with the composer himself conducting, in a double-bill performance with another Rachmaninoff opera written contemporaneously, The Miserly Knight.
Librettist | Modest Ilyich Tchaikovsky (Based on the story of "Francesca da Rimini" in the fifth canto of Dante's epic poem "The Inferno" (the first part of The Divine Comedy)) |
Date of composition | 1905 (1900-1905) |
Premiered | 1904, January 24th (Bolchoi Theatre) in Moscow, Russia |
First published | 1906 |
Type | Opera |
Catalogue | Op. 25 |
Approx. duration | 65 minutes |
Spoken language | Russian |
Instruments |
Voice (Baritone)
- Ghost of Virgil
Voice (Tenor) - Dante Alighieri Voice (Baritone) - Lanciotto Malatesta Voice (Soprano) - Francesca Malatesta, Lanciotto's wife Voice (Tenor) - Paolo Malatesta, younger brother of Lanciotto Orchestra |
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