Reverberaţiile commediei del’ arte în opera veristă italiană – Gianni Schicchi
The Reverberations of Commedia dell’ Arte in The Italian Veristic Opera – Gianni Schicchi by G. Puccini

Summary/Abstract: Inspired by Dante’s Divina Commedia, Puccini’s opera Gianni Schicchi is a real dramma giocoso presenting a range of emotions dominated – da capo al fine – by the satirizing spirit of the ever young commedia dell’arte. Gianni Schicchi completes Puccini’s Triptych, bringing in the musical ambiance dissonant harmonies, familiar with Puccini’s style combined with lyrical passages which represent reminiscences of a Rossinian bel canto style. Within its pages one can find a genuine waste of inventiveness and imagination. Having an extremely fast movement pulsation, its structures have a simple melodics compared with the other two works in the Triptych. (Il Tabaro and Suor Angelica). As far as the scenic exposure is concerned, one can undoubtedly notice the gene of the famous commedia dell' arte due to the extremely refreshing atmosphere and robust humour that is established from the very beginning of the opera. What Puccini manages to create brilliantly is the marriage between the theatrical elements taken from the commedia dell’arte and the music specific to the 20th century. The juxtaposition of the comic with the solemn is the dominant note of the entire work. Puccini succeeds in creating a new profile of the giocoso drama drafted on the musical architecture of the comic work of the 20th century.

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