independent Italian idiom for the operetta. The most famous was L'acqua cheta, which premiered in Rome in 1920. The text was from a 1908 Tuscan dialect...

leaving Ippolito alone. Aria (Ippolito): "Lieve fiamma, che semplice e cheta". Scene 2: Elisa's garden Leandro and Togno arrive by boat. Duet (Leandro...