| Arlecchino | |
|---|---|
| Opera by Ferruccio Busoni | |
&sq=Facebook&lang=en&file=File:Moissi_as_Arlecchino.jpg) Alexander Moissi in the title role | |
| Librettist | Ferruccio Busoni |
| Language | German |
| Premiere | 11 May 1917 |
Arlecchino, oder Die Fenster (Harlequin, or The Windows, BV 270) is a one-act opera with spoken dialog by Ferruccio Busoni, with a libretto in German, composed in 1913. He completed the music for the opera while living in Zurich in 1916. It is a number opera written in neo-classical style and includes ironic allusions to operatic conventions and situations typical of the late 18th and early 19th centuries. It even includes a parody of a duel.[1]