Theater
by Adolfo De Karolis
La Figlia di Iorio
Pretty girl running through field.The peasant girl running through a field of golden grain in a maroon dress is Mila, the title heroine, escaping from some harvesters who want to rape her. When she does find refuge, it is the house of a man about to be married; she seduces him, and the rest of the opera deals with the tragic consequences of the act. This advertises the libretto of The Daughter of lorio.