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Riccardo Zandonai (28 May 1883 – 5 June 1944) was an Italian composer, especially of operas.
Francesca da Rimini, By Jiminy!
“But as the evening wears on, you are likely to wonder why anyone felt any of it [Francesca da Rimini] was worth the bother.” -- Steve Smith, NYT review of Met production of Francesca da Rimini, March 6, 2013
Perhaps you are a gal or guy
Who’s never heard of Zandonai.
It shouldn’t be a source of shame
If you have never heard his name.
There’s always been a certain type
Who thinks the music meets the hype,
While critics of a different stripe
Are apt to find it overripe
He wrote an opera (lurid? very!)
Based on Dante Alighieri,
When he thought there might be cash in
Illicit thirteen century passion .
And Zandonai owes his survival
To its occasional revival.
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