Marino Faliero (opera)
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Marino Faliero is a tragedia lirica, or tragic opera, in three acts by Gaetano Donizetti. Giovanni Emanuele Bidera wrote the Italian libretto, with revisions by Agostino Ruffini, after Casimir Delavig
Set design for Act II in the original production, which takes place near the Basilica dei Santi Giovanni e Paolo
Title page of a libretto, Bologna 1836
Antonio Tamburini, the first Israele
I puritani
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I puritani is an 1835 opera by Vincenzo Bellini. It was originally written in two acts and changed to three acts before the premiere on the advice of Gioachino Rossini, with whom the young composer ha
Marino Faliero (opera)
…composers of the day—Donizetti and Vincenzo Bellini. Both wrote operas for that house in Paris, Bellini's contribution being the hugely successful I puritani. Donizetti's opera, which premiered on 12 March 1835 (a few months after I puritani) was not nearly as much of a success. However, it marked Donizetti's…
The Hall of Arms (act 1, scene 3) in the original 1835 production
Vincenzo Bellini
Cristina Trivulzio Belgiojoso 1832, by Francesco Hayez (detail)
In 1829 the Théâtre-Italien was performing in the first Salle Favart