Edgar – Puccini Opera Poster by Adolf Hohenstein (1889–1905) Vintage Print
A magnificent piece of operatic and graphic history, this poster by Adolfo Hohenstein was created for Giacomo Puccini's opera Edgar — a work with a long and fascinating history, and the production that first truly united the names of Ricordi, Puccini, and Hohenstein in a single artistic vision.
Puccini's Edgar – A Complex Legacy
Edgar was Puccini's second opera, based on Alfred de Musset's verse drama La Coupe et les Lèvres. It premiered at La Scala in Milan on 21 April 1889 to a mixed reception — Puccini himself later called it a blunder, and he revised the opera extensively over subsequent years, producing a third version in 1905. Despite its troubled history, Edgar represents a crucial moment in Puccini's development: the work in which his publisher Giulio Ricordi's faith in him was first truly tested — and proven justified. Hohenstein's poster for this opera stands as a visu...
