Parisina (opera)

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This article is about the Donizetti opera. For the Pietro Mascagni opera, see Parisina (Mascagni).

Parisina is a melodramma, or opera, in three acts by Gaetano Donizetti. Felice Romani wrote the Italian libretto after Byron's poem Parisina (1816). It premiered on March 17 1833 at the Teatro della Pergola, Florence.

Contents

1 Roles
2 Synopsis
3 Recordings
4 External link

Roles

Premiere, March 17, 1833
Parisina soprano Carolina Ungher
Ugo tenor Gilbert Louis Duprez
Azzo baritone Domenico Cosselli
Ernesto bass Carlo Ottolini Porto
Imelda, Parisina's bridesmaid mezzo-soprano Teresa Zappucci
Knights, bridesmaids, gondoliers, squires, soliders

		Premiere, March 17, 1833
Parisina	soprano	Carolina Ungher
Ugo	tenor	Gilbert Louis Duprez
Azzo	baritone	Domenico Cosselli
Ernesto	bass	Carlo Ottolini Porto
Imelda, Parisina's bridesmaid	mezzo-soprano	Teresa Zappucci
Knights, bridesmaids, gondoliers, squires, soliders

Synopsis

Recordings

External link

[Libretto] (Italian)

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