Giuseppe Giacosa

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librettist person playwright

Giuseppe Giacosa was an Italian playwright and librettist best known for co-writing the librettos of several of Giacomo Puccini’s most famous operas, including La bohème, Tosca, and Madama Butterfly.

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instanceOf librettist ⓘ
person ⓘ
playwright ⓘ
activeIn 19th century ⓘ
early 20th century ⓘ
buriedIn Turin NERFINISHED ⓘ
causeOfDeath stroke ⓘ
collaboratedWith Giacomo Puccini NERFINISHED ⓘ
Luigi Illica NERFINISHED ⓘ
continentOfCitizenship Europe ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Italy ⓘ
coWroteLibrettoFor La bohème NERFINISHED ⓘ
Madama Butterfly NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tosca NERFINISHED ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1847-10-21 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1906-09-01 ⓘ
educatedAt University of Turin NERFINISHED ⓘ
familyName Giacosa NERFINISHED ⓘ
fieldOfStudy law ⓘ
genre drama ⓘ
opera libretto ⓘ
givenName Giuseppe NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasWorkInTheCollectionOf Italian theatres ⓘ
influenced 20th-century opera librettos ⓘ
Italian opera ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName Italian ⓘ
movement verismo ⓘ
name Giuseppe Giacosa NERFINISHED ⓘ
nationality Italian ⓘ
notableFor refining dramatic structure of Puccini’s operas ⓘ
notableWork La bohème NERFINISHED ⓘ
Madama Butterfly NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tosca NERFINISHED ⓘ
occupation librettist ⓘ
playwright ⓘ
placeOfBirth Colleretto Parella NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kingdom of Sardinia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Piedmont NERFINISHED ⓘ
placeOfDeath Italy ⓘ
Turin NERFINISHED ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
workedOn Puccini’s middle-period operas NERFINISHED ⓘ
wrote plays ⓘ
short stories ⓘ
wroteLibrettoFor La bohème NERFINISHED ⓘ
Madama Butterfly NERFINISHED ⓘ
Manon Lescaut NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tosca NERFINISHED ⓘ

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La Bohème → librettist → Giuseppe Giacosa ⓘ
Madama Butterfly → librettist → Giuseppe Giacosa ⓘ
Manon Lescaut → librettist → Giuseppe Giacosa ⓘ
Cavaradossi in Puccini's "Tosca" → librettistOfWork → Giuseppe Giacosa ⓘ
subject surface form: Cavaradossi