Renato Simoni (

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, 5 September 1875 –

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, 5 July 1952) was an

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journalist, playwright, writer and theatrical critic noted for his collaboration work with

Giuseppe Adami Giuseppe Adami (4 February 187812 October 1946) was an Italian librettist, playwright and music critic, he was best known for his collaboration with Giacomo Puccini on the operas ''La rondine'' (1917), ''Il tabarro'' (1918) and ''Turandot'' (1926 ...

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Turandot ''Turandot'' (; see below) is an opera in three acts by Giacomo Puccini, posthumously completed by Franco Alfano in 1926, and set to a libretto in Italian by Giuseppe Adami and Renato Simoni. ''Turandot'' best-known aria is "Nessun dorma", whi ...

''. Simoni's career was entirely devoted to theater. His first job was as an editor and a critic at ''L'Adige'', a local Veronese newspaper company in his hometown. In 1902, he wrote one of his best comedies, ''La Vedova'', followed by ''Carlo Gozzi'' (1903), ''Tramondo'' (1906), ''Congedo'' (1910) and ''Il matrimonio di Casanova''. In 1914, he succeeded John Pozza as an author and critic at ''

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'' newspaper. He worked for the company until the end of his life. He also held a position as a director for a weekly magazine, ''La Tradotta''. Renato Simoni grave Milan 2015

All his writings and critics were collected in volumes by Lucio Ridenti in 1951 under the title ''Trent'anni di cronaca drammatica'' and was published in 1960. In 1952, Simoni donated 40,000 volumes of his writings and reviews to the Museum of La Scala and dedicated them to his mother, Livia.Simoni’s contributions to La Scala Museum
/ref> The museum library was named ''Biblioteca Livia Simoni'' after his mother. Simoni died in Milan in 1952 and is buried at the city's

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Simoni short biography

One of Simoni’s collaboration work
1875 births 1952 deaths Italian opera librettists Writers from Verona Italian journalists Italian male journalists Italian dramatists and playwrights Italian theatre critics Italian male dramatists and playwrights {{Italy-writer-stub