Francesco's death

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Francesco’s death scene from I masnadieri. Not really from a specific production, or with specific singers, just how I imagine staging it. They usually give him a dagger because let’s be honest, the play version of his death is too ridiculous. I had the idea that Moser is not real: he’s either a hallucination, or the Devil who came for Francesco’s soul (that’s why he looks sort of demonic). The flames are kinda stylized because the castle is on fire at this point but also representing Hell.