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Gregorio helps Enrico conceal his secret marriage to Gilda and their child from Enrico’s father, Marquis Giulio. Attempts to hide Gilda and bring the baby into the household lead to confusion before Giulio accepts the marriage.
After Eleonora’s infidelity drives Cardenio to madness and exile on a Caribbean island, she is shipwrecked there and tries to reconcile with him. When Cardenio again mistakes her intentions and attempts suicide, his brother rescues him; seeing Eleonora ready to die rather than harm him, he forgives her and they reunite.
Marquis Giulio has raised his sons in ignorance, but Enrico has secretly married Gilda and has a child. Enrico asks his tutor Gregorio to help conceal the marriage, leading to a farce in which Gilda is hidden and the baby is smuggled into the house. When the truth emerges, Giulio accepts the marriage and entrusts his younger son to Enrico’s guidance.
Angelina, called Cenerentola, is made to serve her stepfather Don Magnifico and stepsisters Clorinda and Tisbe. Prince Ramiro, disguised as his own valet, meets her, while his valet Dandini poses as the prince. Alidoro brings Angelina to the ball, where she and Ramiro fall in love. She leaves him a matching bracelet as a clue. Ramiro finds her again after his carriage breaks down outside her home. They marry, and Angelina forgives her family.
Corradino, a feared lord who hates women, is entrusted with Matilde after her father’s death. She wins his affection, but jealousy and a plot by the Countess lead him to believe Matilde betrayed him, and he orders her death. Matilde survives, Corradino despairs and prepares to die, but she returns with Edoardo; she reconciles Corradino with Raimondo, and the lovers are reunited.
Merchant Olivo wants his daughter Isabella to marry the wealthy Le Bross, but she loves her apprentice Camillo. Le Bross helps the young couple, and their supposed suicide threat finally persuades Olivo to accept their marriage; the lovers appear alive, and he blesses their union.
A three-act Italian melodramma semiserio by Gaetano Donizetti, based on the life of the poet Torquato Tasso and set in 16th-century Ferrara.
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.
Gregorio helps Enrico conceal his secret marriage to Gilda and their child from Enrico’s father, Marquis Giulio. Attempts to hide Gilda and bring the baby into the household lead to confusion before Giulio accepts the marriage.
After Eleonora’s infidelity drives Cardenio to madness and exile on a Caribbean island, she is shipwrecked there and tries to reconcile with him. When Cardenio again mistakes her intentions and attempts suicide, his brother rescues him; seeing Eleonora ready to die rather than harm him, he forgives her and they reunite.
Marquis Giulio has raised his sons in ignorance, but Enrico has secretly married Gilda and has a child. Enrico asks his tutor Gregorio to help conceal the marriage, leading to a farce in which Gilda is hidden and the baby is smuggled into the house. When the truth emerges, Giulio accepts the marriage and entrusts his younger son to Enrico’s guidance.
Angelina, called Cenerentola, is made to serve her stepfather Don Magnifico and stepsisters Clorinda and Tisbe. Prince Ramiro, disguised as his own valet, meets her, while his valet Dandini poses as the prince. Alidoro brings Angelina to the ball, where she and Ramiro fall in love. She leaves him a matching bracelet as a clue. Ramiro finds her again after his carriage breaks down outside her home. They marry, and Angelina forgives her family.
Corradino, a feared lord who hates women, is entrusted with Matilde after her father’s death. She wins his affection, but jealousy and a plot by the Countess lead him to believe Matilde betrayed him, and he orders her death. Matilde survives, Corradino despairs and prepares to die, but she returns with Edoardo; she reconciles Corradino with Raimondo, and the lovers are reunited.
Merchant Olivo wants his daughter Isabella to marry the wealthy Le Bross, but she loves her apprentice Camillo. Le Bross helps the young couple, and their supposed suicide threat finally persuades Olivo to accept their marriage; the lovers appear alive, and he blesses their union.
A three-act Italian melodramma semiserio by Gaetano Donizetti, based on the life of the poet Torquato Tasso and set in 16th-century Ferrara.
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.