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La cena delle beffe (The Jester's Supper)

Umberto Giordano’s The Jester’s Supper tells a tragic love story that ultimately leads to death.

The beautiful Ginevra is the object of the affection of two men, Giannetto Malespini and Neri Chiaramantesi, whose rivalry for the woman’s love leads them to their doom. Neri and his brother Gabriello play a cruel joke on Giannetto, whose thirst for revenge ends in Ginevra’s demise at the hands of Neri, who finally descends into madness.

The libretto, written by Italian playwright and poet Sam Benelli, is an adaptation of the writer’s play of the same name from 1909. La cena delle beffe was first staged in 1953 at the Scala opera house in Milan.