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Luigi Illica
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 26
Top works
- La Boheme
- Boheme
- Madame Butterfly
- Giacomo Puccini : Madam Butterfly
- Tosca
via Open Library + Wikidata
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Italy
- Active from
- 1857-05-09
- Active to
- 1919-12-16
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 330
- Total plays
- 934
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Luigi Illica (9 May 1857 – 16 December 1919) was an Italian librettist who wrote for Giacomo Puccini (usually with Giuseppe Giacosa), Alfredo Catalani, Umberto Giordano, Baron Alberto Franchetti and other important Italian composers. His most famous opera librettos are those for La bohème, Tosca, Madama Butterfly and Andrea Chénier. Illica was born at Castell'Arquato. His personal life sometimes imitated his libretti. The reason he is always <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Luigi+Illica">Rea
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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Luigi
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Italy
- Place of birth
- Castell'Arquato
- Place of death
- Castell'Arquato
- Occupation
- poet
- Languages spoken
- Italian
- Image
- Illica.jpg
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- Luigi Illica
- date of birth
- 1857-05-09
- date of death
- 1919-12-16
- Commons Creator page
- Luigi Illica
- name in native language
- Luigi Illica
- P12674
- Dorothy L. Sayers
- P12749
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Works in European collections
33 objects attributed to Luigi Illica, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
Tosca.. Atto II,, Preghiera di Tosca "Vissi d'arte, vissi d'amore" [Música notada]
How freezing cold is this hanging: from “La Bohème”/(Puccini)
![Andrea [Chenier]: [“Wounded You Me” (Colpito qui m 'avete)]/[Giordano]](https://api.europeana.eu/thumbnail/v2/url.json?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fmedia.slub-dresden.de%2Ffon%2Fsnp%2Fa%2F000456%2Ffon_snp_a_000456_01_hp.jpg&type=IMAGE)
Andrea [Chenier]: [“Wounded You Me” (Colpito qui m 'avete)]/[Giordano]
O du süssestes Mädchen! : Duett aus "Bohème", I. Akt / von G. Puccini
Madame Butterfly / (G. Puccini) Seite 1 enth.: 1. Akt, Duett Butterfly - Pinkerton: "Willst du nun endlich mir sagen", I. Teil Seite 2 enth.: 1. Akt, Duett Butterfly - Pinkerton: "Wer in euren Landen", II. Teil
![And the stars flash: [Arie des Cavaradossi] from the opera “Tosca” [3rd act]/[Music: Giacomo] Puccini. [Text: Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica]](https://api.europeana.eu/thumbnail/v2/url.json?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fmedia.slub-dresden.de%2Ffon%2Fsnp%2Fb%2F005291%2Ffon_snp_b_005291_01.jpg&type=IMAGE)
And the stars flash: [Arie des Cavaradossi] from the opera “Tosca” [3rd act]/[Music: Giacomo] Puccini. [Text: Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica]
![Bohême: Are we alone?, (duet scene a. 4. Picture)/[Musik: Giacomo] Puccini. [Libretto: Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa]](https://api.europeana.eu/thumbnail/v2/url.json?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fmedia.slub-dresden.de%2Ffon%2Fsnp%2Fa%2F024218%2Ffon_snp_a_024218_02.jpg&type=IMAGE)
Bohême: Are we alone?, (duet scene a. 4. Picture)/[Musik: Giacomo] Puccini. [Libretto: Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa]
Duet from “Bohème”: O Beloved, never do you return to me/(Puccini)
![From “Tosca”: “And the stars flash”: [Arie des Cavaradossi from the opera “Tosca” 3rd act]/[Musik: Giacomo] Puccini. [Text: Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica]](https://api.europeana.eu/thumbnail/v2/url.json?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fmedia.slub-dresden.de%2Ffon%2Fsnp%2Fb%2F009753%2Ffon_snp_b_009753_01.jpg&type=IMAGE)
From “Tosca”: “And the stars flash”: [Arie des Cavaradossi from the opera “Tosca” 3rd act]/[Musik: Giacomo] Puccini. [Text: Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica]
Tosca: duet, I. nude (Tosca - Cavaradossi); “With your eyes, the miraculous”/(Puccini)
![Performance of the Butterfly: from “Madame Butterfly”/[Giacomo Puccini]](https://api.europeana.eu/thumbnail/v2/url.json?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fmedia.slub-dresden.de%2Ffon%2Fsnp%2Fa%2F007677%2Ffon_snp_a_007677_01.jpg&type=IMAGE)
Performance of the Butterfly: from “Madame Butterfly”/[Giacomo Puccini]
![Your Mother: aus “Madame Butterfly”/[G. Puccini]](https://api.europeana.eu/thumbnail/v2/url.json?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fmedia.slub-dresden.de%2Ffon%2Fsnp%2Fa%2F009290%2Ffon_snp_a_009290_02.jpg&type=IMAGE)
Your Mother: aus “Madame Butterfly”/[G. Puccini]
“Bohème”: Oh mistress, never do you return to me/(Puccini)
In a car? Ach, lover: Duett Rudolf - Marcel aus “La Bohème” "; (4th picture)/G. Puccini - G. Giacosa and L. Illica; German by Ludwig Hartmann
![Tosca: “Recondita armonia” [Arie des Cavaradossi] from the opera “Tosca” [1st act]/[Musik: Giacomo] Puccini. [Text: Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica]](https://api.europeana.eu/thumbnail/v2/url.json?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fmedia.slub-dresden.de%2Ffon%2Fsnp%2Fb%2F007665%2Ffon_snp_b_007665_01.jpg&type=IMAGE)
Tosca: “Recondita armonia” [Arie des Cavaradossi] from the opera “Tosca” [1st act]/[Musik: Giacomo] Puccini. [Text: Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica]
![Bohême: I live her sweet hours, (quartet finale a. 3. Picture)/[Musik: Giacomo] Puccini. [Libretto: Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa]](https://api.europeana.eu/thumbnail/v2/url.json?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fmedia.slub-dresden.de%2Ffon%2Fsnp%2Fa%2F024218%2Ffon_snp_a_024218_01.jpg&type=IMAGE)
Bohême: I live her sweet hours, (quartet finale a. 3. Picture)/[Musik: Giacomo] Puccini. [Libretto: Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa]
Tosca: 1st act, duet: Tosca-Cavaradossi: “No, dear friend”; I. part/(G. Puccini)
E lucevan le stelle (The stars were brightly shining): “Tosca”; (act 3)/Illica & Giacosa - Puccini
Aria of the Mimi, of “Bochême”/of Puccini
La bohème : Che gelida manina (Wie eiskalt ist dies Händchen) / (Puccini)
Prayer from “Tosca”/(G. Puccini)
La Tosca: D “art et d” amour je vivas toute/(Puccini). Livret ital. de V. Sardou & Illica - Giacosa
Bohême: Song of the collin “Höre, du alter Mantel”/(Puccini)
Woll you love me now: duet from “Madama Butterfly”/by Puccini
Flower duet from “Madama Butterfly”/by Puccini
Like the pictures, “Tosca”/(Puccini)
“Living, you sweet hours”: Quartet of “Bohême”/by Puccini
La Tosca: Priere de Tosca/(Puccini). Liv. d 'apres Sardou par Illica Giacosa. Traduction francaise de P. Ferrier
Only beauty gives way to my life: “Tosca”/music: Giacomo Puccini. Text: V. Sardou, L. Illico, G. Giacosa
La Bohème (Act 4): 7. Oh! come e bello e morbido; (So soft it is)/(Music. Puccini; Words. Giacosa & Illica)
La Bohème (Act 3): Donde lieta; (To the home that she left - “mimi 's Farewell”)/(Music, Puccini; Words, Giacosa & Illica)
Willst du nun endlich mir sagen : aus "Madame Butterfly" / von Puccini
How freezing cold is this hanging: Arie des Rudolf aus “La Bohème” "; (1st picture)/G. Puccini - G. Giacosa and L. Illica; German by Ludwig Hartmann