page_title: I gioielli della Madonna
hierarchical_section_title: I gioielli della Madonna
caption_attribution_description: English: Portrait of German-Italian composer Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari (1876 – 1948)
context_page_description: I gioielli della Madonna is an opera in three acts by Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari to an Italian libretto by Carlo Zangarini and Enrico Golisciani, based on news accounts of a real event.
  It was first performed at the Kurfürstenoper Berlin on 23 December 1911 under the title Der Schmuck der Madonna. That performance was in German, but now it is usually given in Italian. The opera was given in Budapest in 1913, conducted by Fritz Reiner, who also conducted the first Dresden performance the following year.
  Its controversial themes include love between a brother and his adopted sister, implied criticism of the Catholic Church, and an on-stage orgy. There is an extant recording of the opera, made in 1967, featuring Pauline Tinsley, André Turp and Peter Glossop, conducted by Alberto Erede. It was issued on CD. A new recording was released in 2016 by Naxos Records.
context_section_description: I gioielli della Madonna (English: The Jewels of the Madonna) is an opera in three acts by Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari to an Italian libretto by Carlo Zangarini and Enrico Golisciani, based on news accounts of a real event.
  It was first performed at the Kurfürstenoper Berlin on 23 December 1911 under the title Der Schmuck der Madonna. That performance was in German, but now it is usually given in Italian. (Wolf-Ferrari stated that his operas were often first given in German simply because he had a German publisher.) The opera was given in Budapest in 1913, conducted by Fritz Reiner, who also conducted the first Dresden performance the following year.
  Its controversial themes include love between a brother and his adopted sister, implied criticism of the Catholic Church, and an on-stage orgy. There is an extant recording of the opera, made in 1967, featuring Pauline Tinsley, André Turp and Peter Glossop, conducted by Alberto Erede. It was issued on CD (Bella Voce #107242). A new recording was released in 2016 by Naxos Records.
caption: The composer in 1906
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