All tickets 100% authentic and valid for entry!
Fedora
Fedora is a three-act opera written by Umberto Giordano in an Italian script by Arturo Colautti. It is based on Victorien Sardou's 1882 play Fédora. It is one of Giordano's most famous works, along with Andrea Chénier and Siberia.
On November 17, 1898, it was performed for the first time at the Teatro Lirico in Milan. Gemma Bellincioni played the role of Fedora, and Enrico Caruso played her lover, Loris Ipanov.
The Story
Princess Fedora will marry the Count, who she loves very much. But he cheated on her with another woman, and when sleigh bells rang, he was brought in severely hurt. Many people feel that Count Loris Ipanov is the person who committed the crime. Fedora swears to get even for the death of the man she loved.
She goes with Loris to Paris, where he tells her he loves her. Since he is being exiled, hearing that she is returning to Russia just makes matters worse for him. As soon as he lets slip that he was the one responsible for Count Vladimir's death, she asks him to fill her in on the details after the party. She tells the police chief. Loris tells her that he killed the Count when he discovered that the Count and his wife were having an affair. Fedora figures out that she loves Loris, too, and she and Loris spend the night together.
Now that they are in Switzerland, they are in love, but Fedora finds out that the letter she sent to the head of police got Loris's brother locked up and killed. Fedora is very upset by the news, and when she tells Loris, he won't forgive her. Fedora kills herself with poison because her lover feels bad for her.
History of Performance
It was first put on at the Teatro Lirico Internazionale in Milan. Gemma Bellincioni played Fedora, and Enrico Caruso played Loris Ipanov. The opera was a big hit on its first night, and Mahler quickly took it to the Vienna Staatsoper. He then took it to Paris.
On December 5, 1906, Caruso played Count Loris, and Lina Cavalieri sang the role of Fedora for the first time in the United States at the Metropolitan Opera in New York. During the Met's 1906-1907 and 1907-1908 seasons, the opera was put on eight times. In the 1920s, it was brought back and put on 25 times between 1923 and 1926. By the middle of the 20th century, however, people's tastes in opera had changed, and it was done less often.