Charlotte Corday
Music by Lorenzo Ferrero · libretto by Giuseppe Di Leva · premiered 1989 · at Teatro dell'Opera di Roma
Charlotte Corday is an opera in three acts by Lorenzo Ferrero to an Italian-language libretto by Giuseppe Di Leva, written on commission from the Teatro dell'Opera di Roma for the 200th anniversary of the French Revolution which was commemorated in 1989. The fundamental theme of the opera is the individual terrorist action committed by anyone who believes that he or she is eliminating an evil by eliminating a person, in most cases the wrong person. The work describes three encounters of the Girondin sympathizer Charlotte Corday with Jean-Paul Marat, leading figure of the radical Jacobin faction, two attempts and finally the assassination itself.
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About the Composer
Lorenzo Ferrero is the composer of record for this opera.
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Other Operas by Lorenzo Ferrero
- La Conquista (1521)
- Le piccole storie (1884)
- La figlia del mago (1981)