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In Brittany during the Hundred Years' War, Carlo, Duke of Vendôme, and his brother Ernesto, Duke of Nemours, support opposing sides. Ernesto and the Breton noblewoman Adelaide love one another, but Carlo is also in love with her and, in jealous anger, orders Ernesto's death. Overcome by remorse, Carlo learns to his relief that the order was not carried out.
After returning to her home near Zürich, Adelina fears telling her father that she has had a child outside marriage. Her neighbor Simone advises her to send an anonymous letter, and the child’s father, Erneville, arrives and is reunited with her. Varner considers leaving town to avoid disgrace, but Simone helps reconcile the family; Adelina and Erneville marry.
A two-act melodramma seria based on Gaetano Rossi’s Eraldo ed Emma. The plot is not described in the entry.
Two-act Italian melodramma eroico in 23 scenes.
Carlo, Duke of Burgundy, is torn between his promised marriage to Leonora of York and his love for Estella, daughter of Arnoldo. Arnoldo is wounded defending Estella and later joins the Swiss, who are resisting Carlo’s invasion. Estella protects Leonora when she is captured. During the battle, Arnoldo kills Carlo, and Estella dies in her father’s arms as the Swiss defeat the Burgundian army.
Simon Mayr’s one-act farsa has a libretto by Gaetano Rossi based on an earlier French farce from 1779. It was the earliest of Mayr’s works to be widely produced.
In Brittany during the Hundred Years' War, Carlo, Duke of Vendôme, and his brother Ernesto, Duke of Nemours, support opposing sides. Ernesto and the Breton noblewoman Adelaide love one another, but Carlo is also in love with her and, in jealous anger, orders Ernesto's death. Overcome by remorse, Carlo learns to his relief that the order was not carried out.
After returning to her home near Zürich, Adelina fears telling her father that she has had a child outside marriage. Her neighbor Simone advises her to send an anonymous letter, and the child’s father, Erneville, arrives and is reunited with her. Varner considers leaving town to avoid disgrace, but Simone helps reconcile the family; Adelina and Erneville marry.
A two-act melodramma seria based on Gaetano Rossi’s Eraldo ed Emma. The plot is not described in the entry.
Two-act Italian melodramma eroico in 23 scenes.
Carlo, Duke of Burgundy, is torn between his promised marriage to Leonora of York and his love for Estella, daughter of Arnoldo. Arnoldo is wounded defending Estella and later joins the Swiss, who are resisting Carlo’s invasion. Estella protects Leonora when she is captured. During the battle, Arnoldo kills Carlo, and Estella dies in her father’s arms as the Swiss defeat the Burgundian army.
Simon Mayr’s one-act farsa has a libretto by Gaetano Rossi based on an earlier French farce from 1779. It was the earliest of Mayr’s works to be widely produced.
Count Emerico is betrothed to Clotilde, whom he has never met. Squire Sivaldo substitutes his sister Isabella and arranges for courier Tartufo to kill Clotilde, but Tartufo lets her escape. Disguised as a peasant, she finds shelter at innkeeper Jacopone’s inn, where Emerico mistakes Isabella for his bride. Clotilde later reveals the deception with Tartufo and Jacopone’s testimony. A locket proves her identity, and she asks Emerico to forgive Sivaldo and Isabella.
Edemondo, accused of murdering his father, returns in disguise to find his wife Emma and son Elvino. Emma has disguised herself as a bard to remain near the boy. Edemondo is condemned to death, but Norcesto reveals his own father committed the murder and produces a deathbed confession. Edemondo, Emma, and Elvino reunite, and Edemondo regains his title.
Two-act Italian opera based on cantos 5 and 6 of Ariosto’s Orlando Furioso through Antonio Salvi’s Ginevra, principessa di Scozia.
Set amid conflict between the Marcomanni and Cherusci, the opera includes Treuta, leader of the Marcomanni; Tusnelda, a Cheruscan enslaved by him and due to be sacrificed; and Tamaro, leader of the Cherusci. Tusnelda’s adoptive father discovers that Treuta is her father.
Two-act Italian dramma eroico per musica in 26 scenes.
Carlo becomes an assassin in the service of Venice to save his father's life. Ordered to kill Teodora, he recognizes his former wife, whom he once tried to kill after mistakenly believing she betrayed him. Foscari loves Teodora and later her daughter Violetta, who loves the exiled patrician Pisani. The lovers escape. Teodora kills herself in an attempt to save Carlo's father, but Carlo discovers that his father is already dead.
During the Sixth Crusade, Armando, a presumed-dead Knight of Rhodes living under an assumed name, has secretly married the Sultan’s daughter Palmide, who has borne him a son and converted to Christianity. Their identities are exposed, and Christian prisoners face death. Armando uncovers the vizier Osmino’s plot, kills him, and secures peace and reunion with Palmide.
Bianca is forced to marry Count Manfredo despite secretly loving a knight. Elaisa arrives in search of her benefactor’s daughter, accompanied by Viscardo. Brunoro reveals that Viscardo is Bianca’s beloved. Manfredo suspects Bianca and locks her in the family tomb, intending to poison her, but Elaisa substitutes a strong narcotic. Believing Bianca dead, Viscardo stabs Elaisa just as Bianca wakes.
Otto Nicolai’s opera was first performed in Italian as Il proscritto, with a German reworking titled Die Heimkehr des Verbannten premiered in 1844.
Sentimental farce about a wife, Zeliska, and her imprisoned husband, Amorveno, with the jailer Peters, his daughter Floreska, and the governor also involved.
English merchant Tobias Mill arranges a marriage contract between his daughter Fanny and Canadian businessman Slook. Fanny is secretly in love with the poor Edoardo, and she rejects Slook when he arrives. Edoardo joins her in threatening Slook, who retreats. Learning that Fanny is already in love and that Mill is treating the marriage like a business deal, Slook refuses to go through with the contract. Mill challenges him to a duel. Slook discovers Fanny and Edoardo embracing, hears their situation and promises to make Edoardo his heir so they can marry. Before the duel, Slook secretly replaces Mill’s pistol with a peace pipe. With the household pleading for an end to Mill’s financial pretensions, Slook persuades him to consent to the marriage.
Linda loves Carlo, a young artist who is secretly the Viscount of Sirval, while the Marchese threatens her and her family. When Carlo’s mother arranges another marriage, Linda is disowned by her father and loses her reason. Carlo and the shepherd Pierotto find her back in Chamounix, where their familiar song restores her memory and the villagers celebrate their reunion.
Maria secretly marries Don Pedro of Castile, but his court considers a political marriage to Bianca of Bourbon to prevent civil war. Maria’s father, believing she is only Pedro’s mistress, challenges him and refuses to hear her explanation. Pedro finally proclaims Maria queen, and she dies of joy; the original ending had her seize Bianca’s crown and kill herself.
In Babylon, Queen Semiramide prepares to name a successor and marry Arsace, whom she believes loves her. Arsace learns from the high priest Oroe that he is Ninia, son of the late King Nino, and that Semiramide and Assur conspired to kill Nino. Semiramide learns the truth and offers herself to Arsace, but he remains loyal to her as his mother. At Nino’s tomb, Arsace accidentally kills Semiramide while trying to strike Assur. Assur is arrested, and Arsace accepts the throne.
Semiramide rules Assyria disguised as her son. At Princess Tamiri’s choice of husband, Semiramide reunites with former lover Scitalce and exposes Sibari’s deception. Semiramide and Scitalce marry; Tamiri marries Semiramide’s brother Mirteo.
In Syracuse, Amenaide is secretly in love with the exiled soldier Tancredi. Her father, Argirio, arranges for her to marry Orbazzano, hoping to end a feud and strengthen the city. A letter Amenaide wrote to Tancredi is mistaken for a treasonous message to the Saracen leader Solamir, and she is imprisoned. Tancredi, still believing she betrayed him, challenges Orbazzano and wins. He later defeats the Saracens; the dying Solamir confirms Amenaide’s innocence, and the lovers reunite. In the Ferrara version, Tancredi is mortally wounded and learns the truth just before dying in Amenaide’s arms.