Esmeralda
Vincenzo Battista’s four-act grand opera is the English-language version of his 1851 Italian opera Ermelinda, based on Victor Hugo’s novel The Hunchback of Notre-Dame. The London version is set in Paris in 1482.
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Vincenzo Battista’s four-act grand opera is the English-language version of his 1851 Italian opera Ermelinda, based on Victor Hugo’s novel The Hunchback of Notre-Dame. The London version is set in Paris in 1482.
In Lombardy in 1329, Marco falls in love with Bice, whose mother he once courted, but Bice loves Marco’s younger cousin Ottorino. Marco challenges Ottorino to a duel, and Bice sacrifices herself to keep the two men from killing one another. Marco and Ottorino forgive each other as Bice dies in Ottorino’s arms.
Vincenzo Battista’s four-act grand opera is the English-language version of his 1851 Italian opera Ermelinda, based on Victor Hugo’s novel The Hunchback of Notre-Dame. The London version is set in Paris in 1482.
In Lombardy in 1329, Marco falls in love with Bice, whose mother he once courted, but Bice loves Marco’s younger cousin Ottorino. Marco challenges Ottorino to a duel, and Bice sacrifices herself to keep the two men from killing one another. Marco and Ottorino forgive each other as Bice dies in Ottorino’s arms.