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Francesca da Rimini

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[fran-ches-kuh duh rim-uh-nee, frahn-, frahn-che-skah dah ree-mee-nee] / frænˈtʃɛs kə də ˈrɪm ə ni, frɑn-, frɑnˈtʃɛ skɑ dɑ ˈri mi ni /

noun

  1. died 1285?, Italian noblewoman: immortalized by Dante in the Divine Comedy.


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They join Beatrice Portinari and Francesca da Rimini, the only two historical women from the "Divine Comedy" who had acceptable entries on Wikipedia prior to our work.

From Salon • Sep. 25, 2021

Photograph: Tristram Kenton for the Guardian Holland Park's best work often involves the re-examination of obscurities from the Italian post-Romantic repertoire, and their new production of Zandonai's Francesca da Rimini ranks among their great achievements.

From The Guardian • Aug. 4, 2010

This year it's Zandonai's Francesca da Rimini, first performed in 1914, to a libretto that Gabriele D'Annunzio adapted from Dante's Inferno.

From The Guardian • Jul. 23, 2010

He knows all the operas, even works like Fedora and Francesca da Rimini, by heart because he spent his childhood in the wings.

From Time Magazine Archive

It was the episode of Francesca da Rimini.

From Jack 1877 by Sherwood, Mary Neal

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