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A two-act melodramma seria based on Gaetano Rossi’s Eraldo ed Emma. The plot is not described in the entry.
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A two-act melodramma seria based on Gaetano Rossi’s Eraldo ed Emma. The plot is not described in the entry.
Enrico, rightful heir to Burgundy, has been raised in hiding after his uncle Guido murdered the king. Enrico loves Elisa, whom Guido intends to marry by force. With the help of Pietro, Brunone, and the jester Gilberto, Enrico enters the castle and reunites with Elisa. His identity is revealed, Guido’s guards side with Enrico, and he defeats the usurper, then urges the people to show mercy.
In an 18th-century German town, Sabina loves Claudio but her father has promised her to Trifoglio. She passes off Claudio’s portrait as the king’s, so the villagers treat her lover as royalty. Trifoglio withdraws when he discovers Sabina has no dowry, and Claudio wins her by agreeing to forgo one.
A one-act Italian farsa by Gaetano Donizetti, using Bartolomeo Merelli’s libretto based on August von Kotzebue’s play Der Graf von Burgund. Donizetti set the same libretto in Enrico di Borgogna, but supplied different music for this opera.
Almuzir, king of Granada, wants to marry Zoraida, who loves the Moorish general Abenamet. To save Abenamet from a death sentence engineered by Almuzir, Zoraida agrees to marry the king; after doubts about her fidelity, she is allowed to wed Abenamet.
A two-act melodramma seria based on Gaetano Rossi’s Eraldo ed Emma. The plot is not described in the entry.
Enrico, rightful heir to Burgundy, has been raised in hiding after his uncle Guido murdered the king. Enrico loves Elisa, whom Guido intends to marry by force. With the help of Pietro, Brunone, and the jester Gilberto, Enrico enters the castle and reunites with Elisa. His identity is revealed, Guido’s guards side with Enrico, and he defeats the usurper, then urges the people to show mercy.
In an 18th-century German town, Sabina loves Claudio but her father has promised her to Trifoglio. She passes off Claudio’s portrait as the king’s, so the villagers treat her lover as royalty. Trifoglio withdraws when he discovers Sabina has no dowry, and Claudio wins her by agreeing to forgo one.
A one-act Italian farsa by Gaetano Donizetti, using Bartolomeo Merelli’s libretto based on August von Kotzebue’s play Der Graf von Burgund. Donizetti set the same libretto in Enrico di Borgogna, but supplied different music for this opera.
Almuzir, king of Granada, wants to marry Zoraida, who loves the Moorish general Abenamet. To save Abenamet from a death sentence engineered by Almuzir, Zoraida agrees to marry the king; after doubts about her fidelity, she is allowed to wed Abenamet.