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Jone

Music by Errico Petrella · libretto by Giovanni Peruzzini · premiered 1858 · at La Scala

Jone, ossia L'ultimo giorno di Pompei is an opera in four acts by Errico Petrella. The Italian-language libretto was by Giovanni Peruzzini, after Edward Bulwer-Lytton's famous novel The Last Days of Pompeii.

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About the Composer

Errico Petrella (10 December 1813 – 7 April 1877) was an Italian opera composer.

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