Nerone

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Nerone (Nero) is an opera in three acts by Pietro Mascagni, 1935, from a libretto by Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti, based on the play Nerone by Pietro Cossa. Most of Mascagni's music was drawn from a failed project Vistilia (from 1907) - the music made to 'fit' a wholly unconnected liberetto. It received its first performance on January 16, 1935 at La Scala, Milan which was conducted by Mascagni himself.
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Librettist

Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti

For the italian medician and entomologist (1712-1783), see Giovanni Targioni Tozzetti. Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti (Livorno, March 17, 1863 - May 30, 1934) was an italian librettist, best known for his friendship and collaboration with the composer Pietro Mascagni. Most of his libretti were written...

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Composer

Pietro Mascagni

Pietro Mascagni (December 7, 1863 – August 2, 1945) was an Italian composer most noted for his operas. His 1890 masterpiece, Cavalleria rusticana, caused one of the greatest sensations in opera history and singlehandedly ushered in the Verismo movement in Italian dramatic music. However, though it...
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