Volo di notte

Volo di notte
Opera by Luigi Dallapiccola
TranslationNight Flight
LibrettistDallapiccola
LanguageItalian
Based onVol de nuit
by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Premiere
May 10, 1940 (1940-05-10)

Volo di notte (Night Flight) is a one-act opera composed by Luigi Dallapiccola to an Italian libretto he wrote based on the novel Vol de nuit by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. It was first performed at the Teatro della Pergola in Florence on May 18, 1940.[1]

The opera emphasizes individual suffering and was written as a response to the rise of fascism.

  1. ^ Sellors, Anthony: "Volo di notte". Grove Music Online. ed. L. Macy (accessed 4 February 2008), <>