Elena da Feltre
Music by Saverio Mercadante · libretto by Salvadore Cammarano · premiered 1839 · at Teatro di San Carlo
Elena da Feltre is an opera in three acts by 19th-century Italian composer Saverio Mercadante from a libretto by Salvatore Cammarano, well known as librettist of Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor and Verdi's Il trovatore.
The premiere took place at the Teatro San Carlo in Naples on 1 January 1839 as part of the Carnival Season.
While not successful at the time, the opera was revived at La Scala in 1843 with twenty performances.
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About the Composer
Saverio Mercadante is the composer of record for this opera.
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Other Operas by Saverio Mercadante
- Elisa e Claudio (1821)
- Didone abbandonata (1823)
- Caritea, regina di Spagna (1826)
- I due Figaro (1826)
- Francesca da Rimini (1831)
- Il giuramento (1835)
- I briganti (1836)
- Il bravo (1839)