In 1912 and 1913, D'Annunzio worked with opera composer Pietro Mascagni on his opera Parisina, staying sometimes in a house rented by the composer in Bellevue, near Paris.
V rokoch 1912-1913 spolupracoval D'Annunzio so skladateľom Pietrom Mascagnim na jeho opere „Parisina“, pobývajúc v prenajatom dome skladateľa v Bellevue blízko Paríža.