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Fedora | |
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Opera by Umberto Giordano | |
Librettist | Arturo Colautti |
Language | Italian |
Based on | Fédora by Victorien Sardou |
Premiere | 17 November 1898 Teatro Lirico, Milan |
Fedora is an opera in three acts by Umberto Giordano to an Italian libretto by Arturo Colautti, based on the 1882 play Fédora by Victorien Sardou. Along with Andrea Chénier and Siberia, it is one of the most notable works of Giordano.
It was first performed at the Teatro Lirico in Milan on 17 November 1898 conducted by the composer; Gemma Bellincioni created the role of Fedora with Enrico Caruso as her lover, Loris Ipanov.