Alzira
Music by Giuseppe Verdi · libretto by Salvadore Cammarano · premiered 1845 · at Teatro di San Carlo
Alzira is an opera in a prologue and two acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian libretto by Salvatore Cammarano, based on the 1736 play Alzire, ou les Américains by Voltaire. The first performance was at the Teatro San Carlo, Naples, on 12 August 1845. The contemporary reviews were mixed, and the first run of the opera received only four further performances.
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About the Composer
Giuseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi ( VAIR-dee, Italian: [dʒuˈzɛppe ˈverdi]; 9 or 10 October 1813 – 27 January 1901) was an Italian composer best known for his operas. He was born near Busseto, a small town in the modern province of Parma, to a family of moderate means, receiving a musical education with the help of a local patron named Antonio Barezzi. Verdi came to dominate the Italian opera scene after the era of Gioachino Rossini, Vincenzo Bellini, and Gaetano Donizetti, whose works significantly influenced him. He was also strongly influenced by the French Grand opera style, particularly Giacomo Meyerbeer and Gaspare Spontini. In his early operas, Verdi demonstrated sympathy with the…
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Other Operas by Giuseppe Verdi
- Giovanna d'Arco (1801)
- Attila (1809)
- I due Foscari (1821)
- Ernani (1830)
- Il trovatore (1836)
- I Lombardi alla prima crociata (1843)
- I masnadieri (1845)
- Aroldo (1850)