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Edgar
is an opera in three acts by
Giacomo Puccini
to an Italian
libretto
by
Ferdinando Fontana
, freely based on the play in verse
La Coupe et les lèvres
by
Alfred de Musset
. It premiered at
La Scala
in Milan in 1889 and was repeatedly revised until 1905, but Puccini did not regard it as a success, describing it as "warmed-up soup". The opera is still occasionally performed, including a 2005 recording by the
Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
conducted by
Alberto Veronesi
and featuring
Plácido Domingo
. This undated set design for act 3 of
Edgar
, from the archives of the music publisher
Casa Ricordi
, was created by
Giuseppe Palanti
with pencil and
tempera
on paper. It depicts an outdoor glade near
Courtray
in
Flanders
, the main setting of the opera.
Set design credit:
Giuseppe Palanti
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