This composer wrote an opera whose title character reminds Napoleon that he owes her sixty francs for laundry, Madame Sans-GÃªne [sawn-jen].
This composer wrote an opera whose title character reminds Napoleon that he owes her sixty francs for laundry, Madame Sans-GÃªne [sawn-jen]. Elena Obraztsova, Rosalind Plowright, and Fedora Barbieri are among the singers who have made cameo appearances in productions of this composer's most famous opera, playing old blind Madelon. This man's most famous opera opens with an apostrophe to a blue sofa, while another aria from that opera is sometimes called the "Improvviso," instead of its first line "Un dÃ¬ all'azzurro spazio," because it follows the claim that true poetry cannot be produced on command. Enrico Caruso shot to fame after his performance as Loris, who sings "Amor ti vieta" in this composer's opera (*) Fedora. In this composer's best-known aria, the singer remembers Love telling her to keep on living after her house was burned and her mother killed. That aria, "La mamma morta," is sung by Maddalena to GÃ©rard, who retracts his accusations against her lover during the Reign of Terror. For 10 points, name this proponent of verismo who composed Andrea ChÃ©nier.
This composer wrote an opera whose title character reminds Napoleon that he owes her sixty francs for laundry, Madame Sans-GÃªne [sawn-jen].
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