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Chopin is a four-act opera by Giacomo Orefice (1865–1922) to a libretto by , premiered in Milan in 1901. The opera, which is "a wildly inaccurate account" of the life of Frédéric Chopin, is based entirely on his music, orchestrated by Orefice. The vocal score indicates the sources of the music, which include Chopin's sonatas, polonaises, mazurkas and nocturnes. Roles Synopsis The overture is based on Chopin's Fantasy on Polish Airs, Op. 13. Act I is set in a village in Poland at Christmas time. Chopin declares his love to Stella (who is, like all the opera's characters except Chopin himself, entirely fictional). In Act II, set in Paris, Elio tells a group of children about the history and struggles of Poland, inspiring Chopin to fly to the piano and write a nocturne. Chopin's new love, Flora, is also present. Act III is set in Majorca, where the real Chopin spent the winter of 1838-9 with George Sand. In this version Chopin is there with Flora and their daughter, who dies after a thunderstorm and is mourned by the local population. In Act IV, Stella arrives in Paris from Poland just in time for Chopin to expire in her arms.

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“Give me a kiss, dearest lover. I'm certain that you still love me, and I fear you always, like some tyrant over me. I don't know why, but I fear you. Upon my word, only you have power over me, you and... no one else.”
— Chopin to Tytus Woyciechowski, 5 October 1830
“I'm a revolutionary, money means nothing to me.”
— Quoted in Arthur Hedley, Chopin (1947).
“Sometimes I can only groan, and suffer, and pour out my despair at the piano!”
— As quoted in Chopin and the Swedish Nightingale.
“I could express my feelings more easily if they could be put into the notes of music, but as the very best concert would not cover my affection for you, dear daddy, I must use the simple words of my heart, to lay before you my utmost gratitude and filial affection”
— As quoted in Chopin's Letter.
“I astonished Kalkbrenner, who at once asked me, was I not a pupil of Field, because I have Cramer's method and Field's touch. (That delighted me.)”
— His letter to Tytus Woyciechowski in Poturzyn. Paris, 12 December 1831.
“Nothing is more beautiful than a good guitar, save perhaps two.”
— Cited—as a "saying of Chopin"–by in Poor Folk in Spain (1922), p. 229.

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Notable quotes

“Give me a kiss, dearest lover. I'm certain that you still love me, and I fear you always, like some tyrant over me. I don't know why, but I fear you. Upon my word, only you have power over me, you and... no one else.”
— Chopin to Tytus Woyciechowski, 5 October 1830
“I'm a revolutionary, money means nothing to me.”
— Quoted in Arthur Hedley, Chopin (1947).
“Sometimes I can only groan, and suffer, and pour out my despair at the piano!”
— As quoted in Chopin and the Swedish Nightingale.
“I could express my feelings more easily if they could be put into the notes of music, but as the very best concert would not cover my affection for you, dear daddy, I must use the simple words of my heart, to lay before you my utmost gratitude and filial affection”
— As quoted in Chopin's Letter.
“I astonished Kalkbrenner, who at once asked me, was I not a pupil of Field, because I have Cramer's method and Field's touch. (That delighted me.)”
— His letter to Tytus Woyciechowski in Poturzyn. Paris, 12 December 1831.
“Nothing is more beautiful than a good guitar, save perhaps two.”
— Cited—as a "saying of Chopin"–by in Poor Folk in Spain (1922), p. 229.

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