This is a list of the operas by the Italian composer Gaetano Donizetti (1797–1848).
Domenico Gaetano Maria Donizetti was an Italian composer. Along with Gioachino Rossini and Vincenzo Bellini, Donizetti was a leading composer of the bel canto opera style during the first half of the nineteenth century. Donizetti's close association with the bel canto style was undoubtedly an influence on other composers such as Giuseppe Verdi.
Title [1] | Genre | Subdivisions | Libretto | Premiere date [2] | Place, theatre | Notes |
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Pigmalione Il Pigmalione | scena drammatica | 1 act | 1960-10-1313 October 1960, completed 1816 | Bergamo, Teatro Donizetti | ||
Olimpiade | Metastasio's L'Olimpiade | 1817-00-00incomplete, composed 1817 [3] | ||||
IraL'ira di Achille | 1 act | 1817-00-00incomplete, composed 1817 [4] | ||||
Enrico di Borgogna | melodramma | 2 acts | Merelli01 Bartolomeo Merelli | 1818-11-1414 November 1818 | Venice, Teatro San Luca | |
Follia Una follia | farsa | 1 act | Merelli02 Bartolomeo Merelli | 1818-12-1717 December 1818, lost | Venice, Teatro San Luca | |
PiccioliI piccioli virtuosi ambulanti | opera buffa | 1 act | 1819-00-001819 [5] | pasticcio performed by Mayr's students | ||
Falegname Il falegname di Livonia, o Pietro il grande, czar delle Russie | opera buffa | 2 acts | BevilacquaGherardo Bevilacqua-Aldobrandini | 1819-12-2626 December 1819 | Venice, Teatro San Samuele | |
Nozze Le nozze in villa | opera buffa | 2 acts | Merelli03 Bartolomeo Merelli | 1820-12-00carnival 1820–1821, completed 1819 | Mantua, Teatro Vecchio | |
Zoraida di Granata | melodramma eroico | 2 acts | Merelli04 Bartolomeo Merelli; revised for Rome 1824 by Jacopo Ferretti [6] | 1822-01-2828 January 1822 | Rome, Teatro Argentina, rev. 7 January 1824 at the same theatre | |
Zingara La zingara | dramma | 2 acts | Tottola01 Andrea Leone Tottola | 1822-05-1212 May 1822 | Naples, Teatro Nuovo | |
Lettera La lettera anonima | farsa | 1 act | Genoino Giulio Genoino | 1822-06-2929 June 1822 | Naples, Teatro del Fondo | |
Chiara e Serafina, o Il pirata | melodramma semiserio | 2 acts | Romani01 Felice Romani, after Pixérécourt's La cisterne | 1822-10-2626 October 1822 | Milan, La Scala | |
Alfredo il grande | dramma per musica | 2 acts | Tottola02 Andrea Leone Tottola | 1823-07-022 July 1823 | Naples, Teatro di San Carlo | |
Fortunato Il fortunato inganno | dramma giocoso | 2 acts | Tottola03 Andrea Leone Tottola | 1823-09-033 September 1823 | Naples, Teatro Nuovo | |
Ajo L'ajo nell'imbarazzo [see also Don Gregorio] | melodramma giocoso | 2 acts | Ferretti01 Jacopo Ferretti, after Giovanni Giraud's comedy | 1824-02-044 February 1824 | Rome, Teatro Valle | |
Emilia di Liverpool [see also L'eremitaggio di Liverpool] | dramma semiserio | 2 acts | anonymous, after S. Scatizzi's Emilia de Laverpaut | 1824-07-2828 July 1824 | Naples, Teatro Nuovo | |
Alahor in Granata | dramma | 2 acts | AM. A. | 1826-01-077 January 1826 | Palermo, Teatro Carolino | |
Don Gregorio [rev of L'ajo nell'imbarazzo] | melodramma giocoso | 2 acts | Ferretti02 Jacopo Ferretti | 1826-06-1111 June 1826 | Naples, Teatro Nuovo | |
Elvida | dramma | 1 act | Giovanni F. Schmidt [7] | 1826-07-066 July 1826 | Naples, Teatro di San Carlo | |
Gabriella di Vergy | tragedia lirica | 3 acts | Tottola04 Andrea Leone Tottola, after Pierre de Belloy | 1869-11-2929 November 1869, completed 1826 | Naples, Teatro di San Carlo | |
Olivo e Pasquale | melodramma giocoso | 2 acts | Ferretti03 Jacopo Ferretti, after Simeone Antonio Sografi | 1827-01-077 January 1827 | Rome, Teatro Valle | |
Otto mesi in due ore, ossia Gli esiliati in Siberia | opera romantica | 3 acts | Gilardoni01 Domenico Gilardoni, after Pixérécourt's La fille de l'exilé | 1827-05-1313 May 1827 | Naples, Teatro Nuovo | |
Borgomastro Il borgomastro di Saardam | melodramma giocoso | 2 acts | Gilardoni02 Domenico Gilardoni, after Mélesville, Jean-Toussaint Merle and Eugène Cantiran de Boirie | 1827-08-1919 August 1827 | Naples, Teatro del Fondo | |
Convenienze teatrali Le convenienze teatrali [see also Le convenienze ed inconvenienze teatrali] | farsa | 1 act | Donizetti01Gaetano Donizetti, after Simeone Antonio Sografi | 1827-11-2121 November 1827 | Naples, Teatro Nuovo | |
Esule L'esule di Roma, ossia Il proscritto | melodramma eroico | 2 acts | Gilardoni03 Domenico Gilardoni, after Luigi Marchionni's Il proscritto romano | 1828-01-011 January 1828 | Naples, Teatro di San Carlo | |
Eremitaggio L'eremitaggio di Liverpool [rev of Emilia di Liverpool] [8] | melodramma semiserio [9] | 2 acts | CheccheriniGiuseppe Checcherini, after Scatizzi | 1828-03-088 March 1828 | Naples, Teatro Nuovo | |
Alina, regina di Golconda | melodramma | 2 acts | Romani02 Felice Romani, after Sedaine's libretto for Monsigny's opera-ballet Aline, reine de Golconde [10] | 1828-05-1212 May 1828 | Genoa, Teatro Carlo Felice | |
Gianni di Calais | melodramma semiserio | 3 acts | Gilardoni04 Domenico Gilardoni, after a novel by Arlincourt [11] | 1828-08-022 August 1828 | Naples, Teatro del Fondo | |
Paria Il paria | melodramma | 2 acts | Gilardoni05 Domenico Gilardoni, after Delavigne | 1829-01-1212 January 1829 | Naples, Teatro di San Carlo | |
Giovedi Il giovedì grasso, o Il nuovo Pourceaugnac | farsa [12] | 1 act | Gilardoni06 Domenico Gilardoni | 1829-02-2626 February 1829 | Naples, Teatro del Fondo | |
Castello Elisabetta al castello di Kenilworth | melodramma | 3 acts | Tottola05 Andrea Leone Tottola, after Scribe's Leicester and Hugo's Amy Robsart | 1829-07-066 July 1829 | Naples, Teatro di San Carlo | |
Alina, regina di Golconda [rev] | melodramma | 2 acts | Romani03 Felice Romani, after Sedaine | 1829-10-1010 October 1829 | Rome, Teatro Valle [10] | |
Pazzi I pazzi per progetto | farsa [13] | 1 act | Gilardoni07 Domenico Gilardoni | 1830-02-066 February 1830 | Naples, Teatro di San Carlo | |
Diluvio Il diluvio universale | azione tragica-sacra | 3 acts | Gilardoni08 Domenico Gilardoni, after Byron's Heaven and Earth and Francesco Ringhieri's tragedy Il diluvio | 1830-03-066 March 1830 [14] | Naples, Teatro di San Carlo | |
Imelda de' Lambertazzi | melodramma tragico | 2 acts | Tottola06 Andrea Leone Tottola | 1830-09-055 September 1830 | Naples, Teatro di San Carlo | |
Anna Bolena | tragedia lirica | 2 acts | Romani04 Felice Romani, after Pindemonte's tragedy Enrico VIII, ossia Anna Bolena and Alessandro Pepoli's Anna Bolena [15] | 1830-12-2626 December 1830 | Milan, Teatro Carcano | |
Gianni di Parigi | melodramma comico [16] | 2 acts | Romani05 Felice Romani, after Saint-Just's libretto for Boieldieu's opéra-comique Jean de Paris | 1831-04-9910 September 1839, composed c. 1828–1831 [17] | Milan, La Scala | |
Convenienze ed Le convenienze ed inconvenienze teatrali [rev of Le convenienze teatrali] | dramma giocoso | 2 acts | Donizetti01bDonizetti, after Sografi | 1831-04-2020 April 1831 | Milan, Teatro alla Canobbiana | |
Francesca di Foix | melodramma | 1 act | Gilardoni09 Domenico Gilardoni, after a libretto by Jean-Nicolas Bouilly and Emmanuel Mercier-Dupaty for Henri Montan Berton's 3-act opéra-comique Françoise de Foix. [18] | 1831-05-3030 May 1831 | Naples, Teatro di San Carlo | |
Romanziera La romanziera e l'uomo nero (or La romanzesca e l'uomo nero) | farsa | 1 act | Gilardoni10 Domenico Gilardoni | 1831-06-1818 June 1831 | Naples, Teatro del Fondo (arias and ensembles survive but spoken dialogue is lost) | |
Fausta | melodramma | 2 acts | Gilardoni11 Domenico Gilardoni and Donizetti | 1832-01-1212 January 1832 | Naples, Teatro di San Carlo | |
Ugo, conte di Parigi | tragedia lirica | 4 acts | Romani06 Felice Romani, after Hippolyte-Louis-Florent Bis: Blanche d'Aquitaine | 1832-03-1313 March 1832 | Milan, La Scala | |
Elisir L'elisir d'amore | melodramma giocoso | 2 acts | Romani07 Felice Romani, after Scribe's libretto for Auber's Le philtre | 1832-05-1212 May 1832 | Milan, Teatro alla Canobbiana | |
Sancia di Castiglia | tragedia lirica | 2 acts | SalatinoPietro Salatino | 1832-11-044 November 1832 | Naples, Teatro di San Carlo | |
Furioso Il furioso all'isola di San Domingo | melodramma | 2 acts | Ferretti04 Jacopo Ferretti, after an anonymous play on Cervantes' Don Quixote | 1833-01-022 January 1833 | Rome, Teatro Valle | |
Otto mesi in due ore [rev] | opera romantica | 3 acts | AlcozerAntonio Alcozer after Domenico Gilardoni | 1833-01-991833 | Livorno | |
Parisina | melodramma | 3 acts | Romani08 Felice Romani, after Byron | 1833-03-1717 March 1833 | Florence, Teatro della Pergola | |
Torquato Tasso | melodramma | 3 acts | Ferretti05 Jacopo Ferretti | 1833-09-099 September 1833 | Rome, Teatro Valle | |
Lucrezia0 Lucrezia Borgia | melodramma | 2.1prologue & 2 acts | Romani09 Felice Romani, after Victor Hugo | 1833-12-2626 December 1833 | Milan, La Scala | |
DiluvioIl diluvio universale [rev] | azione tragico-sacra | 3 acts | Gilardoni08banonymous, after Domenico Gilardoni | 1834-01-1717 January 1834 | Genoa, Teatro Carlo Felice | |
Rosmonda d'Inghilterra | melodramma serio | 2 acts | Romani10 Felice Romani | 1834-02-2727 February 1834 | Florence, Teatro della Pergola | |
Maria Maria Stuarda | tragedia lirica | 2 acts (or 3) | Bardari Giuseppe Bardari, after Andrea Maffei's translation of Schiller [19] | 1835-12-3030 December 1835 (in 3 acts), completed August 1834 | Milan, La Scala | |
BuondelmonteBuondelmonte [rev of Maria Stuarda] | tragedia lirica | 2 acts | SalatinoPietro Salatino | 1834-10-1818 October 1834 | Naples, Teatro di San Carlo | |
Gemma di Vergy | tragedia lirica | 2 acts | Bidera01 Giovanni Emanuele Bidera , after the play Charles VII by Dumas [20] | 1834-12-2626 December 1834 | Milan, La Scala | |
Marino Faliero | tragedia lirica | 3 acts | Bidera02Giovanni Emanuele Bidera with revisions by Agostino Ruffini, after Casimir Delavigne's adaptation of Byron's play Marino Faliero, Doge of Venice [20] | 1835-03-1212 March 1835 | Paris, Théâtre-Italien | |
Lucia di Lammermoor [see also Lucie de Lammermoor ] | dramma tragico | 3 acts | Cammarano01 Salvadore Cammarano, after Walter Scott's The Bride of Lammermoor | 1835-09-2626 September 1835 | Naples, Teatro di San Carlo | |
Belisario | tragedia lirica | 3 acts | Cammarano02 Salvadore Cammarano, after Eduard von Schenk as translated by Luigi Marchionni | 1836-02-044 February 1836 | Venice, La Fenice | |
Campanello Il campanello di notte | melodramma giocoso | 1 act | Donizetti02Donizetti, after the vaudeville La sonnette de nuit by Léon Levy Brunswick (Léon Lhérie), Mathieu-Barthélmy Troin, and Victor Lhérie | 1836-06-011 June 1836 | Naples, Teatro Nuovo | |
Betly0 Betly, o La capanna svizzera | dramma giocoso | 1 act | Donizetti03Donizetti, after Scribe's and Mélesville's libretto for Adam's Le chalet | 1836-08-2121 August 1836 | Naples, Teatro Nuovo | |
assedio L'assedio di Calais | dramma lirico | 3 acts | Cammarano03 Salvadore Cammarano, after Pierre de Belloy | 1836-11-1919 November 1836 | Naples, Teatro di San Carlo | |
Pia0 Pia de' Tolomei | tragedia lirica | 2 acts | Cammarano04a Salvadore Cammarano, after Bartolomeo Sestini, and Dante's La commedia | 1837-02-1818 February 1837 | Venice, Teatro Apollo | |
Pia1Pia de' Tolomei [rev] | tragedia lirica | 2 acts | Cammarano04b Salvadore Cammarano, after Bartolomeo Sestini, and Dante's La commedia | 1837-07-3131 July 1837 | Sinigaglia | |
Betly1Betly [rev] | dramma giocoso | 2 acts | Donizetti03bDonizetti | 1837-09-2929 September 1837 | Naples, Teatro del Fondo | |
Roberto Devereux | tragedia lirica | 3 acts | Cammarano04 Salvadore Cammarano, after François Ancelot's tragedy Elisabeth d'Angleterre | 1837-10-2828 October 1837 | Naples, Teatro di San Carlo | |
Maria de Rudenz | dramma tragico | 3 acts | Cammarano05 Salvadore Cammarano, after the play La nonne sanglante by Auguste Anicet-Bourgeois, Cuvelier and Maillan | 1838-01-3030 January 1838 | Venice, La Fenice | |
Gabriella di Vergy [rev] | tragedia lirica | 2 acts | Tottola04b Andrea Leone Tottola, after Pierre de Belloy | 1978-08-00August 1978 recording, composed 1838 | London | |
Poliuto1 Poliuto [see also Les Martyrs ] | tragedia lirica | 3 acts | Cammarano06 Salvadore Cammarano, after Pierre Corneille | 1838-01-9130 November 1848, completed July 1838 | Naples, Teatro di San Carlo | |
Pia2Pia de' Tolomei [rev 2] | tragedia lirica | 2 acts | Cammarano04canonymous revision of Cammarano's libretto | 1838-05-00May 1838 [21] | Rome, Teatro Argentina [21] | |
Lucie de Lammermoor [rev of Lucia di Lammermoor, in French] | grand opéra [22] | 3 acts (or 4) [22] | Royer01 Alphonse Royer and Gustave Vaëz, after the Italian libretto | 1839-08-066 August 1839 | Paris, Théâtre de la Renaissance | |
Duc1 Le duc d'Albe [see also Il duca d'Alba] | grand opéra | 4 acts | DuveyrierCharles Duveyrier and Eugène Scribe | 1839-10-00incomplete, composed 1839 [23] | ||
Ange L'ange de Nisida [see also La favorite ] | opera semiseria | 4 parts | Royer02 Alphonse Royer and Gustave Vaëz | 1839-12-27unperformed, completed 27 December 1839 [24] | ||
Lucrezia1Lucrezia Borgia [rev] | dramma per musica | 2.1prologue & 2 acts | Romani11 Felice Romani, after Victor Hugo | 1840-01-1111 January 1840 | Milan, La Scala | |
Poliuto2 Les Martyrs [rev of Poliuto, in French] | grand opéra | 4 acts | Scribe01 Eugène Scribe's revision and expansion of Cammarano's original libretto | 1840-04-1010 April 1840 | Paris Opera, Salle Le Peletier | |
Fille La fille du régiment | opéra comique | 2 acts | BayardJean-François-Alfred Bayard and Jules-Henri Vernoy de Saint Georges | 1840-02-1111 February 1840 | Paris, Opéra-Comique | |
Lucrezia2Lucrezia Borgia [rev 2] | dramma per musica | 2.1prologue & 2 acts | Romani12 Felice Romani, after Victor Hugo | 1840-10-3131 October 1840 | Paris, Théâtre-Italien | |
Favorite La favorite [rev of L'ange de Nisida] | grand opéra | 4 acts | Royer03 Alphonse Royer, Gustave Vaëz and Eugène Scribe | 1840-12-022 December 1840 | Paris Opera, Salle Le Peletier | |
Adelia | melodramma serio | 3 acts | Romani13 Felice Romani (Acts 1 & 2) and Girolamo Marini (Act 3), after an anonymous French play [25] | 1841-02-1111 February 1841 | Rome, Teatro Apollo | |
Rita (Deux hommes et une femme) | opéra comique | 1 act | VaezGustave Vaëz | 1860-05-077 May 1860, completed 1841 | Paris, Opéra-Comique | |
Maria Padilla | melodramma | 3 acts | Rossi01 Gaetano Rossi and Donizetti, after François Ancelot | 1841-12-2626 December 1841 | Milan, La Scala | |
Linda di Chamounix | melodramma semiserio | 3 acts | Rossi02a Gaetano Rossi | 1842-05-1919 May 1842 | Vienna, Kärntnertortheater | |
Linda di Chamounix [rev] | melodramma semiserio | 3 acts | Rossi02b Gaetano Rossi | 1842-11-1717 November 1842 | Paris, Théâtre-Italien | |
Caterina Cornaro | tragedia lirica | 2 acts | SaccheroGiacomo Sacchèro, after Jules-Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges' libretto for Halévy's La reine de Chypre | 1844-01-1818 January 1844 | Naples, Teatro di San Carlo | |
Don Pasquale | dramma buffo | 3 acts | Ruffini Giovanni Ruffini and Donizetti, after Angelo Anelli's Ser Marcantio; published with credit to "M.A." [26] | 1843-01-033 January 1843 | Paris, Théâtre-Italien | |
Maria di Rohan | melodramma tragico | 3 acts | Cammarano07 Salvadore Cammarano, after Lockroy (J. P. Simon) and Badon's Un duel sous le Cardinal de Richelieu | 1843-06-055 June 1843 | Vienna, Kärntnertortheater | |
Dom Sébastien, roi de Portugal | grand opéra | 5 acts | Scribe02 Eugène Scribe, after the play by Paul Foucher | 1843-11-1313 November 1843 | Paris Opera, Salle Le Peletier | |
Dom Sebastian von Portugal [rev of Dom Sébastien] | große Oper [27] | 5 acts | HerzLeo Herz's translation of Scribe's libretto | 1845-02-066 February 1845 | Vienna, Kärntnertortheater | |
Duc2 Il duca d'Alba [completion by Matteo Salvi of original Le duc d'Albe] | opera | 4 acts [28] | ZanardiniAngelo Zanardini's revision of the original libretto by Duveyrier and Scribe | 1882-03-2222 March 1882 | Rome, Teatro Apollo |
Il campanello or Il campanello di notte is a melodramma giocoso, or opera, in one act by Gaetano Donizetti. The composer wrote the Italian libretto after Mathieu-Barthélemy Troin Brunswick and Victor Lhérie's French vaudeville La sonnette de nuit. The premiere took place on 1 June 1836 at the Teatro Nuovo in Naples and was "revived every year over the next decade".
Alahor in Granata is an opera in two acts by Gaetano Donizetti to an anonymous Italian libretto after Jean-Pierre Claris de Florian's text Gonzalve de Cordoue, ou Granade reconquise (1793). However, it seems that the original basis of the libretto goes back to one by Felice Romani written for Meyerbeer in 1821, which in turn can be traced back through another iteration to begin with the de Florian version.
Olivo e Pasquale is a melodramma giocoso, a romantic comedy opera, in two acts by Gaetano Donizetti. Jacopo Ferretti wrote the Italian libretto after Antonio Simeone Sografi's play.
Ugo, conte di Parigi is a tragedia lirica, or tragic opera, in two acts by Gaetano Donizetti. Felice Romani wrote the Italian libretto after Hippolyte-Louis-Florent Bis's Blanche d'Aquitaine. It premiered on 13 March 1832 at La Scala, Milan.
Emilia di Liverpool is a dramma semiserio, ("half-serious") dramatic opera, in two acts with music by Gaetano Donizetti. Giuseppe Checcherini wrote the Italian libretto after the anonymous libretto for Vittorio Trento's Emilia di Laverpaut, itself based on Stefano Scatizzi's play of the same name. It premiered on 28 July 1824 at the Teatro Nuovo in Naples.
Il diluvio universale is an azione tragico-sacra, or opera, by Gaetano Donizetti. The Italian libretto was written by Domenico Gilardoni after Lord Byron's Heaven and Earth and Francesco Ringhieri's tragedy Il diluvio (1788).
Pia de' Tolomei is a tragedia lirica in two acts by Gaetano Donizetti. Salvadore Cammarano wrote the Italian libretto after Bartolomeo Sestini's verse novella Pia de' Tolomei, which was based on Canto V, vv. 130-136 from Dante's narrative poem The Divine Comedy part 2: Purgatorio. It premiered on 18 February 1837 at the Teatro Apollo in Venice.
Maria de Rudenz is a dramma tragico, or tragic opera, in three parts by Gaetano Donizetti. The Italian libretto was written by Salvadore Cammarano, based on "a piece of Gothic horror", La nonne sanglante by Auguste Anicet-Bourgeois and Julien de Mallian, and The Monk by Matthew Gregory Lewis. It premiered at the Teatro La Fenice in Venice, on 30 January 1838.
Marino Faliero is a tragedia lirica, or tragic opera, in three acts by Gaetano Donizetti. Giovanni Emanuele Bidéra wrote the Italian libretto, with revisions by Agostino Ruffini, after Casimir Delavigne's play. It is inspired by Lord Byron's drama Marino Faliero (1820) and based on the life of Marino Faliero (c.1285-1355), the Venetian Doge.
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, and Lord Byron as well as Tasso's actual poetry. It premiered on 9 September 1833 at the Teatro Valle, Rome.
Il Pigmalione (Pygmalion) is a scena lirica in one act by Gaetano Donizetti. The librettist is unknown, but it is known that the libretto was based on one by Antonio Simeone Sografi for Giovanni Battista Cimador's Pimmalione (1790), in turn based on Jean-Jacques Rousseau's Pygmalion and ultimately based on Book X of Ovid's Metamorphoses. Sografi's libretto was also used for an opera by Bonifacio Asioli (1796).
Imelda de' Lambertazzi is a melodramma tragico or tragic opera in two acts by Gaetano Donizetti from a libretto by Andrea Leone Tottola, based on the tragedy Imelda by Gabriele Sperduti. It received its first performance on 5 September 1830 at the Teatro San Carlo, Naples.
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 on Jean de Paris by Louis-Charles Caigniez.
Alfredo il grande is a melodramma serio or serious opera in two acts by Gaetano Donizetti. Andrea Leone Tottola wrote the Italian libretto, which may have been derived from Johann Simon Mayr's 1818 opera of the same name. The opera tells the story of the Anglo-Saxon king Alfred the Great.
Giovanni Ruffini was an Italian writer and patriot of the early 19th century. He is chiefly known for having written the draft of the libretto of the opera Don Pasquale for its composer Gaetano Donizetti.
Sancia di Castiglia is an Italian opera seria in two acts by Gaetano Donizetti to a libretto by Pietro Salatino. It was first performed at the Teatro San Carlo in Naples, on 4 November 1832 conducted by Nicola Festa.
Adelia, o La figlia dell'arciere is an opera in three acts by Gaetano Donizetti. The Italian libretto was written partly by Felice Romani and by Girolamo Maria Marini, a part-time poet who had achieved notability the previous year with Otto Nicolai's Il templario. The opera premiered at the Teatro Apollo, Rome on 11 February 1841.
Una follia is a farsa in one act by composer Gaetano Donizetti. The work premiered on 15 December 1818 at the Teatro San Luca in Venice. The opera uses the same Italian-language libretto by Bartolomeo Merelli after August von Kotzebue's Der Graf von Burgund that Donizetti used for his Enrico di Borgogna a month earlier, but with different music. It was given one performance and "never performed again, and its score has never been found."
La lettera anonima is a farce in one act composed by Gaetano Donizetti in 1822 to a libretto by Giulio Genoino, a former monk and the official censor of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies. Genoino based his libretto on his own farce which, in turn, had been based on Mélite, ou Les fausses lettres by Pierre Corneille in 1630.
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