The Daughter of Iorio

The play is written in verse and has elements of local dialect, proverbs and traditional rhymes from Abruzzo.

The play was written in 33 days in the summer of 1903, while D'Annunzio was working on Halcyon.

It premiered in 1904 at the Teatro Lirico in Milan, starring Irma Grammatica in the leading role.

[1] The play was the basis for Alberto Franchetti's 1906 opera La figlia di Iorio.

Ildebrando Pizzetti made another opera adaptation which premiered in 1954.