puccini opera based on play by carlo gozzi

In 1757 Gozzi defended Commedia dell'arte by publishing a satirical poem, La tartana degli influssi per l'anno 1756 and in 1761, in his comedy based on a fairy tale, The Love for Three Oranges or Analisi riflessiva della fiaba L'amore delle tre melarance, he parodied Chiari and Goldoni.

Pietro Chiari and Carlo Goldoni, two Venetian writers, were moving away from the old style of Italian theatre, which threatened the work of the Granelleschi Society.

This society was dedicated to the pursuit of preservation of Tuscan literature from the influence of foreign culture it was particularly interested in saving traditional Italian comedy such as Commedia dell'arte. Three years later, he had returned to Venice and joined the Granelleschi Society. At a young age, his parents were no longer able to support him financially, so he joined the army in Dalmatia. Gozzi was born and died in Venice he came from a family of minor Venetian aristocracy, the Tiepolos. Carlo, Count Gozzi ( Italian: 13 December 1720 – 4 April 1806) was a Venetian playwright and champion of Commedia dell'arte.

Puccini opera based on play by carlo gozzi