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The Love of Three Kings

work by Montemezzi
Also known as: “L’amore dei tre re”
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L'amore dei tre re (The Love of Three Kings) is an opera by Italian composer Italo Montemezzi, first performed in 1913. It is considered Montemezzi's masterpiece and a significant work of 20th-century opera.

The opera's atmosphere of "brooding tragedy" is achieved through a blend of Italian melody and French Impressionist elements, notably influenced by Claude Debussy's Pelléas et Mélisande. The work is based on a play by Sem Benelli. While Montemezzi also composed other operas and symphonic pieces, L'amore dei tre re remains his most recognized contribution to the operatic repertoire.1

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  1. Italo Montemezzi
  2. Il trovatore
  3. Three Kings' Day

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