Comic opera in one act
Music by Puccini
Words by GIOVACCHINO FORZANO sung in Italian: on records
CHORUS AND ORCHESTRA OF the MAGGIO Musicale FIORENTINO
Conducted by LAMBERTO GARDELLI
The action takes place In Florence In the year 1299
As Buoso Donati dies. his mercenary relatives search for his will: they are appalled to find he has left everything to a monastery. But. since no one else yet knows of Buoso's death, the Donatis persuade Gianni Schicchl to impersonale the old man and. In the presence of lawyer, dictate a new will. The wily Schicchl. however, turns the tables on them: in Buoso's voice, he firmly bequeaths everything to ' his dear devoted friend-Gianni Schicchl