Gianni Schicchi

About the show

When Buoso Donati dies, his relatives discover that his fortune has been left to a monastery. They enlist Gianni Schicchi, whose daughter Lauretta loves Rinuccio, to help them. Schicchi disguises himself as Buoso and dictates a new will, assigning the mule, house, and mills to himself while giving the relatives smaller bequests. The relatives cannot object in front of the notary without exposing their fraud. Schicchi evicts them from what is now his house, and Lauretta and Rinuccio can marry. He turns to the audience and asks them to forgive his deception.