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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 43. Chapters: Belisario, La fille du regiment, Don Pasquale, Lucia di Lammermoor, L'ange de Nisida, L'elisir d'amore, Lucrezia Borgia, Anna Bolena, Poliuto, Maria Stuarda, Otto mesi in due ore, Roberto Devereux, Linda di Chamounix, Dom Sebastien, La favorite, Le duc d'Albe, Pietro il grande, Parisina, Caterina Cornaro, Alina, regina di Golconda, L'ajo nell'imbarazzo, Il castello di Kenilworth, La romanzesca e l'uomo nero, Pia de' Tolomei, Elvida, La zingara, Gabriella di Vergy, Zoraida di Granata, Le convenienze ed inconvenienze teatrali, Don Gregorio, Maria Padilla, Betly, Marino Faliero, Emilia di Liverpool, Il Pigmalione, Gemma di Vergy, Il giovedi grasso, Il diluvio universale, Imelda de' Lambertazzi, Francesca di Foix, Gianni di Parigi, Rita, Maria di Rohan, Torquato Tasso, Alfredo il grande, Adelia, Gianni di Calais, Rosmonda d'Inghilterra, Alahor in Granata, Olivo e Pasquale, Sancia di Castiglia, L'esule di Roma, Enrico di Borgogna, Fausta, L'assedio di Calais, Il campanello, Ugo, conte di Parigi, La lettera anonima, Il furioso all'isola di San Domingo, Una follia, Maria de Rudenz. Excerpt: Lucia di Lammermoor is a dramma tragico (tragic opera) in three acts by Gaetano Donizetti. Salvadore Cammarano wrote the Italian language libretto loosely based upon Sir Walter Scott's historical novel The Bride of Lammermoor. Donizetti wrote Lucia di Lammermoor in 1835, a time when several factors led to the height of his reputation as a composer of opera. Gioachino Rossini had recently retired and Vincenzo Bellini had died shortly before the premier of Lucia leaving Donizetti as "the sole reigning genius of Italian opera." Not only were conditions ripe for Donizetti's success as a composer, but there was also a European interest in the history and culture of Scotland. The perceived romance of its violent wars and feuds, as well as its...
