''Boccaccio, oder Der Prinz von Palermo'' (''Boccaccio, or the Prince of Palermo'') is an operetta in three acts by

Franz von Suppé Franz von Suppé (né Francesco Ezechiele Ermenegildo de Suppe) (18 April 181921 May 1895) was an Austrian composer of light operas and other theatre music. He came from the Kingdom of Dalmatia, Austro-Hungarian Empire (now part of Croatia). A ...

to a German libretto by

Camillo Walzel Camillo Walzel (11 February 1829 –17 March 1895) was a German librettist and theatre director, who wrote under the pseudonym F Zell. Life and work Walzel was born in Magdeburg. In his early years, he worked in his father's lithographic factory, ...

and

Richard Genée Franz Friedrich Richard Genée (7 February 1823 – 15 June 1895) was a Prussian born Austrian librettist, playwright, and composer. Life Genée was born in Danzig. He died at Baden bei Wien. Works He is most famous for the libretto of ''Die ...

, based on the play by

Jean-François Bayard Jean-François Alfred Bayard (17 March 1796, Charolles, Saône-et-Loire – 20 February 1853, Paris) was a French playwright. He was the nephew of fellow playwright Eugène Scribe. Life As a law student and a lawyer's clerk, Bayard wrote with pa ...

Adolphe de Leuven Adolphe de Leuven (30 September 1802 – 14 April 1884) was a French theatre director and a librettist. Also known as Grenvallet, and Count Adolph Ribbing. He was the illegitimate son of Adolph Ribbing, who was involved in the assassination of G ...

Léon Lévy Brunswick Léon Lévy Brunswick (20 April 1805, in Paris – 29 July 1859, in Le Havre) was a French playwright. He started as a journalist before turning to theater. He is the author of many comedies with Jean-François Bayard, Louis-Émile Vanderbur ...

and

Arthur de Beauplan Arthur de Beauplan (20 June 1823 – 11 May 1890 Bibliography * Louis Gustave Vapereau, ''Dictionnaire universel des littératures'', Paris, Hachette, 1893, Read on line ''Gallica'') * Christian Goubault, « Arthur de Beauplan » ''in'' Joë ...

, based in turn on ''

The Decameron ''The Decameron'' (; it, label= Italian, Decameron or ''Decamerone'' ), subtitled ''Prince Galehaut'' (Old it, Prencipe Galeotto, links=no ) and sometimes nicknamed ''l'Umana commedia'' ("the Human comedy", as it was Boccaccio that dubbed Da ...

'' by

Giovanni Boccaccio Giovanni Boccaccio (, , ; 16 June 1313 – 21 December 1375) was an Italian writer, poet, correspondent of Petrarch, and an important Renaissance humanist. Born in the town of Certaldo, he became so well known as a writer that he was som ...

. The opera was first performed at the

Carltheater The Carltheater was a theatre in Vienna. It was in the suburbs in Leopoldstadt at Praterstraße 31 (at that time called Jägerzeile). It was the successor to the Leopoldstädter Theater. After a series of financial difficulties, that theater had b ...

, Vienna, on 1 February 1879. An English translation was done by Oscar Weil and

Gustav Hinrichs ''This article is about the German-born American conductor and composer Gustav Hinrichs (1850–1942). For the German-born American chemist Gustav Hinrichs (1860–1923), see Gustavus Detlef Hinrichs.'' Gustav Ludwig Wilhelm Hinrichs (10 December ...

around 1883."Von Suppé's sparkling comic opera in three acts, entitled: ''Boccaccio'' / libretto by Messrs. Reece & Farine"
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Florence Florence ( ; it, Firenze ) is a city in Central Italy and the capital city of the Tuscany region. It is the most populated city in Tuscany, with 383,083 inhabitants in 2016, and over 1,520,000 in its metropolitan area.Bilancio demografico ...

. In early-Renaissance Florence, the erotic novellas of the poet Boccaccio cause a stir and the locals are divided into the female fans of his scandalous tales and their jealous husbands. A plot is hatched by the husbands to chase Boccaccio from the city and have him locked up. But Boccaccio has other plans, including one to win the hand of the Duke's daughter Fiammetta, which he finally succeeds in doing after finding favour with the Duke. Suppé's finest operetta.

Arias, duets, and ensembles

*"Ich sehe einen jungen Mann dort stehn" (Boccaccio) *"Hab' ich nur deine Liebe" (Fiametta, later with Boccaccio) *Act 1 Finale (book-burning) *Serenade (Boccaccio, Pietro, Leonetto) *Cooper's Song (Lotteringhi) *Waltz trio "Wie pocht mein Herz so ungestüm" (Fiametta, Isabella, Peronella) *Lovers' sextet *Duet "Florenz hat schöne Frauen (Mia bella florentina)" (Fiametta, Boccaccio) *Act 3 Finale (Boccaccio's counsel)

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