Nino Rota’s one-act romantic/comic opera I Due Timidi is the story of two young people who, having seen each other from across the courtyard, have fallen madly in love and are desperate to find the courage to speak to each other. When calamity befalls Raimondo, namely a window shutter falling on his head and knocking him out, he must reveal his emotions to his beloved. What happens next is a charming, bittersweet love story about Raimondo and Mariuccia, who are too timid to let their feelings be known, and the grim consequences of failing to communicate our desires. 

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