I briganti
Music by Saverio Mercadante · libretto by Jacopo Crescini · premiered 1836 · at Comédie-Italienne
I briganti is an opera (melodramma) in three acts by Saverio Mercadante, first performed on 22 March 1836 by the Théâtre-Italien in Paris, with an Italian libretto by Jacopo Crescini based on Schiller's Die Räuber. The lead roles were written for bass Luigi Lablache, tenor Giovanni Battista Rubini, baritone Antonio Tamburini and soprano Giulia Grisi. The opera did not do well in Paris, and the cast departed for London.
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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)
- Elena da Feltre (1839)
- Il bravo (1839)