Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's | Melodramma in 2 acts |
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Composition Year | 1828 Winter |
Genre Categories | Opera seria; Theatrical Works; Operas; |
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Caprotti (2011/8/29)
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Work Title | Il Paria |
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Alternative. Title | |
Composer | Donizetti, Gaetano |
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. | IGD 56 |
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's | Melodramma in 2 acts |
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. | 1828 Winter |
First Performance. | 1829-01-12 – Naples, Teatro San Carlo |
First Publication. | 1854 ca.? – Paris: Schonenberger (vocal score, plate S.2151) |
Librettist | Domenico Gilardoni (1798–1831), after Casimir Delavigne (1793–1843) and Gaetano Rossi (1775–1855) |
Language | Italian |
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period | Romantic |
Piece Style | Romantic |
Instrumentation | Voices: Neala (soprano), Zaide (mezzo-soprano), Idamore (tenor), Zarele (bass), Akebare (bass), Empasaele (tenor) + mixed chorus Orchestra |
External Links | Wikipedia article RISM 451025324 (copy in ms of 2nd act bass cabaletta, made ca.1835, in Detmold Lippisches Landesbibliothek) RISM 451025325 (copy in ms of bass Cavatina from 1st act, made ca.1835, same Detmold library) |
Composed Winter 1828 according to Ashbrook (1982), p.545.
Libretto has been digitized by UNC.
"based on Le Paria by Casimir Delavigne and Michele Carafa's Il paria with a libretto by Gaetano Rossi."