Torquato Tasso (opera)
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Torquato Tasso is a melodramma semiserio, or "semi-serious" opera, in three acts by Gaetano Donizetti and based on the life of the great poet Torquato Tasso. The Italian libretto was written by Jacopo
Gaetano Donizetti c. 1835
Torquato Tasso
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Torquato Tasso was an Italian poet of the 16th century, known for his 1581 poem Gerusalemme liberata, in which he depicts a highly imaginative version of the combats between Christians and Muslims at
Torquato Tasso (opera)
…Torquato Tasso is a melodramma semiserio, or "semi-serious" opera, in three acts by Gaetano Donizetti and based on the life of the great poet Torquato Tasso. The Italian libretto was written by Jacopo Ferretti, who used a number of sources for his text, including works by Giovanni Rosini, Goethe, Goldoni…
Portrait of Torquato Tasso, aged 22, by Jacopo Bassano
Portrait of Torquato Tasso, 1590s
Castello degli Estensi, Ferrara
Alfonso II d'Este, portrait by Girolamo da Carpi