La Figlia Di Iorio (Iorio's Daughter) is a "pastoral tragedy" in three acts composed and performed in 1904, but of enormous importance for Fascist drama and mythology, especially thanks to its 1927 performance at the Vittoriale degli Italiani, directed by the "fascist" playwright and personal friend of the Duce, Giovacchino Forzano . The opera is set in Abruzzo, D'Annunzio's birthplace, in a sort of timeless Arcadia. Preparations for the wedding of Aligi, a shepherd, are interrupted by the incursion of Mila di Codro, daughter of the magician Iorio, suspected of witchcraft, who seeks refuge from the harassment of a group of drunken reapers. Mila is rejected by Aligi's family, but he defends her and flees with her to the mountains, where the two fall in love. Lazaro di Roio, Aligi's father, a brutal and violent man, intends to claim Mila. Aligi forcefully opposes him in defense of Mila and kills him; he is then sentenced to death by the community for parricide. Mila accuses herself of parricide to save him and is condemned to the stake for witchcraft. Aligi himself is led to believe her to be a witch and to rail against her, while only Aligi's sister, Ornella, understands his innocence and sacrifice. (Prof Francesca Billiani, The Dialectics of Modernity)
Further reading: https://dialecticsofmodernity.manchester.ac.uk/essay/891-gabriele-dannunzio-la-figlia-di-iorio-1904/
Title: La Figlia Di Iorio
Authors: GabrieleD’Annunzio, with woodcut illustrations by Adolfo de Carolis.
Publisher: Fratelli Treves Editore, Milano
Publication date: 1921 (first published in 1904)
Format: softcover
Total Pages: 165pp.
Images: illustrated with woodcuts by Adolfo de Carolis
Book Condition: very good
Stock Number:RB05329 GAL
La Figlia Di Iorio (Iorio's Daughter) is a "pastoral tragedy" in three acts composed and performed in 1904, but of enormous importance for Fascist drama and mythology, especially thanks to its 1927 performance at the Vittoriale degli Italiani, directed by the "fascist" playwright and personal friend of the Duce, Giovacchino Forzano . The opera is set in Abruzzo, D'Annunzio's birthplace, in a sort of timeless Arcadia. Preparations for the wedding of Aligi, a shepherd, are interrupted by the incursion of Mila di Codro, daughter of the magician Iorio, suspected of witchcraft, who seeks refuge from the harassment of a group of drunken reapers. Mila is rejected by Aligi's family, but he defends her and flees with her to the mountains, where the two fall in love. Lazaro di Roio, Aligi's father, a brutal and violent man, intends to claim Mila. Aligi forcefully opposes him in defense of Mila and kills him; he is then sentenced to death by the community for parricide. Mila accuses herself of parricide to save him and is condemned to the stake for witchcraft. Aligi himself is led to believe her to be a witch and to rail against her, while only Aligi's sister, Ornella, understands his innocence and sacrifice. (Prof Francesca Billiani, The Dialectics of Modernity)
Further reading: https://dialecticsofmodernity.manchester.ac.uk/essay/891-gabriele-dannunzio-la-figlia-di-iorio-1904/
Title: La Figlia Di Iorio
Authors: GabrieleD’Annunzio, with woodcut illustrations by Adolfo de Carolis.
Publisher: Fratelli Treves Editore, Milano
Publication date: 1921 (first published in 1904)
Format: softcover
Total Pages: 165pp.
Images: illustrated with woodcuts by Adolfo de Carolis
Book Condition: very good
Stock Number:RB05329 GAL
