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Florence, XIII century. Buoso the Elder, the head of the family Donati has died. He was a very rich merchant, a widower with no children. Following his passing his relatives immediately arrive at his house, not to say their final goodbyes to the deceased, but because they are interested in their inheritance. But there is one problem: everyone says that the old man has left the immense wealth to the friary of Santa Reparata. There is only one thing to do: find the will, hoping that this is not already in the hands of a notary. The Relatives search everywhere, until the young Rinuccio, nephew of Buoso, finally finds it! The will is opened but a bitter surprise awaits the relatives: all the inheritance will go to the brothers of Santa Reparata. A solution must be found : Rinuccio must contact the astute merchant Gianni Schicchi, whose daughter is Lauretta and who he is deeply in love with. Zita, rinuccios aunt and sister of Buoso donati absolutely do not want to have anything to do with Gianni Schicchi. She considers him as a lowly peasant and oppose the marriage of her nephew Rinuccio with Lauretta. Rinuccio is not at all in agreement and, very sensibly, invites everyone to put aside their prejudices: Section 2 Zita insults Gianni Schicchi, and Rinuccio begs him for help, this then evolves into huge a argument between the whole family. Gianni Schicchi, exasperated, decides to leave and gives a scathing rebuke to Zita. He wants to take Lauretta away from this family but she would rather stay with her lover Rinuccio; she tries to plead with her father Gianni Schicchi. Scene 3 The Twist: unexpectedly Master Spinelloccio arrives, the doctor of Buoso Donati. He does not know that his patient died and inquires about his health. Gianni Schicchi, then slips into the bed of Buoso and, hidden behind the canopy, imitates the voice of Buoso reassuring the doctor that his treatment has worked; Master Spinelloccio is proud of his therapy. Straight after!!!!!! Scene 4 Having cheated the Master Spinelloccio, Gianni Schicchi continues to perfect his plan: he pretends that Buoso Donati is still alive and in the presence of the notary begins to dictate a new will that will replace the original one. But now, Gianni Schicchi has to explain to the relatives of Buoso of how his idea will work and ask them: Scene 5 The Relatives reassure and congratulate Gianni Schicchi for his amazing idea, the perfect solution to their troubles! But Gianni Schicchi warns them that the project is risky and if they were exposed that they would be exiled from Florence and have their hands cut off for punishment.

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Florence,  XIII  century.  Buoso  the  Elder,  the  head  of  the  family  Donati  has  died.  He  was  a  very  rich  merchant,  a  widower  with  no  children.  Following  his  passing  his  relatives  immediately  arrive  at  his  house,  not  to  say  their  final  goodbyes  to  the  deceased,  but  because  they  are  interested  in  their  inheritance.  But  there  is  one  problem:  everyone  says  that  the  old  man  has  left  the  immense  wealth  to  the  friary  of  Santa  Reparata.  There  is  only  one  thing  to  do:  find  the  will,  hoping  that  this  is  not  already  in  the  hands  of  a  notary.  The  Relatives  search  everywhere,  until  the  young  Rinuccio,  nephew  of  Buoso,  finally  finds  it!  The  will  is  opened  but  a  bitter  surprise  awaits  the  relatives:  all  the  inheritance  will  go  to  the  brothers  of  Santa  Reparata.  A  solution  must  be  found  :  Rinuccio  must  contact  the  astute  merchant  Gianni  Schicchi,  whose  daughter  is  Lauretta  and  who  he  is  deeply  in  love  with.  Zita,  rinuccios  aunt  and  sister  of  Buoso  donati  absolutely  do  not  want  to  have  anything  to  do  with  Gianni  Schicchi.  She  considers  him  as  a  lowly  peasant  and  oppose  the  marriage  of  her    nephew  Rinuccio  with  Lauretta.  Rinuccio  is  not  at  all  in  agreement  and,  very  sensibly,  invites  everyone  to  put  aside  their  prejudices:    Section  2    Zita  insults  Gianni  Schicchi,  and  Rinuccio  begs  him  for  help,  this  then  evolves  into  huge  a  argument  between  the  whole  family.  Gianni  Schicchi,  exasperated,  decides  to  leave  and  gives  a  scathing  rebuke  to  Zita.  He  wants  to  take  Lauretta  away  from  this  family  but  she  would  rather  stay  with  her  lover  Rinuccio;  she  tries  to  plead  with  her  father  Gianni  Schicchi.    Scene  3    The  Twist:  unexpectedly  Master  Spinelloccio  arrives,  the  doctor  of  Buoso  Donati.  He  does  not  know  that  his  patient  died  and  inquires  about  his  health.  Gianni  Schicchi,  then  slips  into  the  bed  of  Buoso  and,  hidden  behind  the  canopy,  imitates  the  voice  of  Buoso  reassuring  the  doctor  that  his  treatment  has  worked;  Master  Spinelloccio  is  proud  of  his  therapy.    Straight  after!!!!!!      Scene  4    Having  cheated  the  Master  Spinelloccio,  Gianni  Schicchi  continues  to  perfect  his  plan:  he  pretends  that  Buoso  Donati  is  still  alive  and  in  the  presence  of  the  notary  begins  to  dictate  a  new  will  that  will  replace  the  original  one.  But  now,  Gianni  Schicchi  has  to  explain  to  the  relatives  of  Buoso  of  how  his  idea  will  work  and  ask  them:    Scene  5      The  Relatives  reassure  and  congratulate  Gianni  Schicchi  for  his  amazing  idea,  the  perfect  solution  to  their  troubles!  But  Gianni  Schicchi  warns  them  that  the  project  is  risky  and  if  they  were  exposed  that  they  would  be  exiled  from  Florence  and  have  their  hands  cut  off  for  punishment.    

 Scene  6    Each  of  the  relatives  unbeknownst  to  eachother,  all  secretly  promise  Gianni  Schicchi  a  lot  of  money  if  he  would  include  them  in  the  drawing  up  of  the  will.  The  notary  finally  arrives  and  Gianni  Schiccchi,  pretending  to  be  Buoso  distributes  the  money  in  cash,  in  equal  parts  to  all  the  relatives;  they  seem  satisfied  and  even  expect  to  have  the  largest  part  of  the  inheritance  but,  when  speaking  of  the  mule,  the  house  and  the  mills  of  Signa  -­‐  Gianni  assigns  them,  to  himself.  At  this  point,  the  family  (whilst  in  front  of  the  notary  and  witnesses)  can  not  stop  Gianni  Schicchi,  they  angrily  await  the  exit  of  the  notary  and  curse  the  crafty  merchant  who  has  cheated  them.  In  a  last  attempt  of  a  cash  reward  they  try  to  steal  the  most  precious  objects  in  the  house  that  now  belong  to  Gianni  Schicchi  whilst  screaming"Thief,  thief”