Simplify the following text for a Grade 12 native English-speaking person.
Original: For example , Hugo 's novel against capital punishment , The Last Day of a Condemned Man , has recently been adapted into an opera by David Alagna ( libretto by FrÃ dÃ rico Alagna ) .
Simplified: For example , Hugoâ s novel against capital punishment , The Last Day of a Condemned Man , has recently been adapted into an opera by David Alagna ( libretto by FrÃ dÃ rico Alagna ) .