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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

Francesca da Rimini Martin Lloyd-Evans's staging formidably captures the near-madness of it all.

From The Guardian Aug. 4, 2010

The Met stages Zandonai's Francesca da Rimini One of the quirks of 20th century music is that Italian opera should have gone into such decline.

From Time Magazine Archive

The story of Pelleas and Melisanda is as old as love: it is the story of Francesca da Rimini; it is Sudermann's Geschichte der stillen Mühle.

From Life and Writings of Maurice Maeterlinck by Bithell, Jethro

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