{"product_id":"9781433994005","title":"It's Snowing!","description":"\u003cp\u003ePurchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: La Bohème, Madama Butterfly, Tosca, Turandot, La Fanciulla Del West, Manon Lescaut, Gianni Schicchi, La Rondine, le Villi, Suor Angelica, Edgar, Il Tabarro, Il Trittico. Excerpt: Edgar Giacomo Puccini item Turandot (completed 1926 by Alfano ) item Edgar is an operatic dramma lirico in three acts (originally four acts) by Giacomo Puccini to an Italian libretto by Ferdinando Fontana , freely based on the play in verse La Coupe et les lèvres by Alfred de Musset . The first performance was given at the Teatro alla Scala in Milan on 21 April 1889. Edgar , Puccini's second opera, was composed on a commission from the publisher Ricordi after the successful reception of his first stage work, Le Villi . The original version had four acts and was tepidly received. In January 1890, Ricordi published a revised version, including a different ending for Act II. In the autumn of 1891, Puccini revised the work again, cutting the last act and producing a three-act version which would again be revised in 1905. In this final form the opera had even less success than in its original four-act structure. Some of the music that was cut in 1891 was reused in Tosca and became the beautiful Act III duet, \"Amaro sol per te m'era il morire!\". The funeral march from Act III was played at Puccini's funeral, conducted by Arturo Toscanini . Parallels to Bizet 's Carmen are numerous. Both operas feature a confused young man (tenor: Edgar, Don José) who is struggling to choose between the pure chaste love of his home town girl (soprano: Fidelia, Micaëla) and the consuming passion of an exotic gypsy (mezzo-soprano: Tigrana, Carmen). Roles Role: Voice type: Premiere Cast, 21 April 1889 (Conductor: Franco Faccio ) Synopsis (three-act version) Place: Flanders. Time: 1302. Act 1 Fidelia gives an awakening Edgar a sp...\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47052605718768,"sku":"9781433994005","price":16.83,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781433994005_p0.jpg?v=1763753928","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781433994005","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}