Si, io penso  all'tortura.
This work opens with one character moving a flower stand with difficulty after his son muses while adjusting the cushions  of a sofa. Another character in this work complains about having to wear a corset and giant hat in the aria "Si, io penso  all'tortura." The Café Hottot is the site of a meeting between the maid Bersi and the sinister spy Incredibile in this work's  second act. Its title character's lover poignantly remembers how her mother died in their home in the aria "La mamma  morta," after pleading with Gerard to save the title character. This opera's title character describes the beauty of nature  in contrast to the poor treatment of the lower classes in an aria also known as "L'Improvviso," "Un (*) di all'azzuro  spazio." For 10 points, name this opera that ends with the deaths by guillotine of Maddalena and her title lover, a French  revolutionary poet, written by Umberto Giordano.
This work opens with one character moving a flower stand with difficulty after his son muses while adjusting the cushions  of a sofa.
Andrea Chenier