Risurrezione

Risurrezione
Opera by Franco Alfano
The composer c. 1919
LibrettistCesare Hanau
LanguageItalian
Based onLeo Tolstoy's novel Resurrection
Premiere
30 November 1904 (1904-11-30)
Teatro Vittorio Emanuele, Turin

Risurrezione (Resurrection), is an opera or dramma in four acts by Franco Alfano. The libretto was written by Camillo Antona Traversi and Cesare Hanau (only Hanau signed it), based on the 1899 novel Resurrection (Russian: Воскресение) by Leo Tolstoy. The first performance was given on 30 November 1904 in the Teatro Vittorio Emanuele, Turin, Italy.