Carlo Gozzi
Digaetani, John Louis Italian playwright Carlo Gozzi (1720-1806) is best known for his plays that have famously been adapted into opera librettos. Puccini's final opera, Turandot , was based on a play by Gozzi. Prokofiev's The Love of Three Oranges is also based on a Gozzi play. Gozzi was the most successful playwright in 18th century Venice. This is the first full biography in English of this major figure in the history of world theatre.