L'esule di Roma, ossia Il proscritto (The Exile from Rome, or the Proscribed Man) is a melodramma eroico, or heroic opera, in two acts by Gaetano Donizetti...
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Lucia di Lammermoor (Italian pronunciation: [luˈtʃiːa di ˈlammermur]) is a dramma tragico (tragic opera) in three acts by Italian composer Gaetano Donizetti...
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It was revived for an Italian premiere in Padua under the title of Leonora di Guzman in 1842 with baritone Achille De Bassini in the role of Alfonso, and...
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first opera set to a French text, and to stage the French version of Lucia di Lammermoor, Lucie de Lammermoor. La fille du régiment quickly became a popular...
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with the Tudor period in English history—in composition order, Il castello di Kenilworth (1829), Anna Bolena (1830), Maria Stuarda (named for Mary, Queen...
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lifetime. An offer in 1822 from Domenico Barbaja, the impresario of the Teatro di San Carlo in Naples, which followed the composer's ninth opera, led to his...
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Trieste in the autumn of 1838 as Alfonso Duca di Ferrara, in Ferrara on 14 April 1841 as Giovanna I di Napoli, and in Rome on 26 December 1841 as Elisa...
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Il castello di Kenilworth (or, under its original name in 1829, Elisabetta al castello di Kenilworth) is a melodramma serio or tragic opera in three acts...
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located in the Museo Donizettiano, Bergamo (Ashbrook 1982, pp. 580–581). L'ira di Achille: Donizetti set the first act and a duet from Act 2 scene v. The libretto...
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(Naples, 1827), L’esule di Roma (Naples 1828), Il paria (Naples 1829) and Anna Bolena. For the revised version, Donizetti revisited Gabriella di Vergy and incorporated...
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de Portici Vincenzo Bellini – Bianca e Fernando Gaetano Donizetti – L'esule di Roma Heinrich Marschner – Der Vampyr Gioacchino Rossini – Le comte Ory (Count...
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Devereux (in full Roberto Devereux, ossia Il conte di Essex, Italian: [roˈbɛrto deveˈrø osˈsiːa il ˈkonte di ˈɛsseks]; "Robert Devereux, or the Earl of Essex")...
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that: "Per dio! Se questo Napoletano continua a cantare così, farà parlare di sè il mondo intero" (Heavens! If this Neapolitan continues to sing like this...
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story – not to marry in old age – is revealed in a playful quartet (La moral di tutto questo – "The moral of all this"). Notes Ashbrook & Hibberd 2001, p...
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(named for a putative lover of Queen Elizabeth I of England) and Il castello di Kenilworth. The lead female characters of the operas Anna Bolena, Maria Stuarda...
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despite his secret marriage to Maria. Meanwhile, Maria's father, Don Ruiz di Padilla, appears at the court. Believing that she is merely Don Pedro's mistress...
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Gaetano Donizetti in Naples: Argelia in L'esule di Roma (1828), Neala in Il paria (1829), and Elisabetta in Il castello di Kenilworth (1829). Tosi was married...
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Zoraida di Granata (also Zoraide di Granata or Zoraïda di Granata) is a melodramma eroico (opera seria or 'heroic' opera), in two acts by Gaetano Donizetti...
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nozze di Donizetti". La Repubblica (17 January 1990). Retrieved 1 November 2015 (in Italian). Goodwin, Noël. "London Music: Opera Comica di Roma at Sadler's...
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"Tutto di te sollecito" Act 3 Oliviero: "Che fia di me!" Adelia: "Ah! mi lasciate" Casaglia, Gherardo (2005). "Adelia, 11 February 1841". L'Almanacco di Gherardo...
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given the opportunity to compose again for La Scala until writing Ugo, conte di Parigi nearly a decade later. The commission for Chiara e Serafina came about...
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Gianni di Calais is a melodramma semiserio, a "semi-serious" opera in three acts by Gaetano Donizetti (1828), from a libretto by Domenico Gilardoni, based...
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Linda di Chamounix is an operatic melodramma semiserio in three acts by Gaetano Donizetti. The Italian libretto was written by Gaetano Rossi. It premiered...
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borgomastro di Saardam (1827) Le convenienze ed inconvenienze teatrali (1827) L'esule di Roma (1828) L'eremitaggio di Liverpool (1828) Alina, regina di Golconda...
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libretto by Domenico Gilardoni. The first performance took place at the Teatro di San Carlo on 6 February 1830 and was followed by its second presentation on...
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borgomastro di Saardam (1827) Le convenienze ed inconvenienze teatrali (1827) L'esule di Roma (1828) L'eremitaggio di Liverpool (1828) Alina, regina di Golconda...
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Maria di Rohan is a melodramma tragico, or tragic opera, in three acts by Gaetano Donizetti. The Italian libretto was written by Salvadore Cammarano, after...
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L'assedio di Calais (The siege of Calais) is an 1836 melodramma lirico, or opera, in three acts by Gaetano Donizetti, his 49th opera. Salvatore Cammarano...
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ISBN 0-14-029312-4. Casaglia, Gherardo (2005). "La romanziera e l'uomo nero". L'Almanacco di Gherardo Casaglia (in Italian). Osborne, Charles (1994). The Bel Canto Operas...
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Emilia di Liverpool (Emilia of Liverpool; also given as L'eremitaggio di Liverpool) is a dramma semiserio, ("half-serious") dramatic opera, in two acts...
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