Composers and their stage works 


Vitaliano Brancati

Italian poet, novelist and dramatist. Born Pachino Sicily 24 July, 1907. Died Turin 25 September, 1954

Stage Works

  1. Fedor. Dramatic poem. Written 1926. Published 1928
  2. Everest. Play, 1 act. Produced Rome, Salone Margherita, Teatro dei Giovani, 1930
  3. Piave. Play. Published 1932. Produced Rome, Teatro Valle, October, 1932
  4. Il viaggiatore dello sleeping n. 7 era forse Dio? (The Traveller in Pullman No. 7 Was Perhaps God?). Play. Published 1933. Produced Genoa, March, 1935
  5. Questo matrimonio si deve fare (This Marriage Must Be Made). Play, 1 act. Published 1939
  6. Le trombe d'Eustacio (The Eustachian Tubes). Play, 1 act. Published 1942. Produced Rome, Teatro dell'Università, January, 1942
  7. L'orecchio de Dionisio (Dionysius' Ear). Play, 1 act. Published in 1957. Produced Rome, Teatro delle Arti, March, 1943
  8. Don Giovanni involontario (Don Juan in Spite of Himself). Play, 3 acts. Published 1954. Produced Rome, Teatro delle Arti, March, 1943
  9. Raffaele (Raphael). Play, prologue and 3 acts. Published 1948
  10. Una donna di casa (A Housewife). Play, 4 acts. Published 1950
  11. II tenore sconfitto (The Defeated Tenor). Verse libretto. Produced Rome, Teatro Eliseo, 1950. Music: Vincenzo Tommasini
  12. La governante (The Governess). Play, 3 acts. Published 1952. Produced Genoa, Compagnia Proclemer-Albertazzi, 1965
  13. Le nozze difficili (Difficult Wedding). Play, 3 acts. Written 1943. Published 1972. Produced Rome, RAI-TV, 1978