(melodramma)
101Dramma giocoso — For the Law Order episode, see Dramma Giocoso (Law Order: Criminal Intent). Dramma giocoso (Italian, literally: jocular drama; plural: drammi giocosi) is the name of a genre of opera common in the mid 18th century. The term is a contraction of… …
102Margherita d'Anjou — Giacomo Meyerbeer …
103L'esule di Granata — ( The exile of Granada ) is a melodramma (opera seria) in two acts by Giacomo Meyerbeer. The Italian libretto was by Felice Romani based on the rivalries between Zegridi and Abenceraggi in the last days of the kingdom of Granada. It is the fifth… …
104Fausta (opera) — Fausta is a melodramma, or opera, in two acts by Gaetano Donizetti. The Italian libretto was by Domenico Gilardoni, who died while writing it: the remainder was written by Donizetti. The opera debuted on 12 January 1832 at the Teatro San Carlo,… …
105Opéra-ballet — was a popular genre of French Baroque opera, that grew out of the ballets à entrées of the early seventeeth century [1]. It differed from the more elevated tragédie en musique as practised by Jean Baptiste Lully in several ways. It contained more …
106Il campanello — or Il campanello di notte ( The Night Bell ) is a melodramma giocoso, or opera, in one act by Gaetano Donizetti. The composer wrote the Italian libretto after Mathieu Barthélemy Troin Brunswick and Victor Lhérie s French vaudeville La sonnette de …
107L'assedio di Calais — ( The siege of Calais ) is a melodramma lirico , or opera, in three acts by Gaetano Donizetti. Salvatore Cammarano wrote the Italian libretto after Luigi Marchionni s play and, secondarily, Luigi Henry s ballet (1827), both based on Pierre Du… …
108Linda di Chamounix — is a melodramma semiserio in three acts by Gaetano Donizetti. The Italian libretto was written by Gaetano Rossi. It premiered in Vienna, at the Kärntnertortheater, on May 19, 1842.Performance historyOn March 1, 1934, Linda di Chamounix received… …
109Adelia (opera) — Adelia, o La figlia dell’arciere ( Adelia, or The Archer s Daughter ) is a melodramma serio , or opera, in three acts by Gaetano Donizetti. The Italian libretto was written by Felice Romani and Girolamo Marini after the anonymous French play. The …
110L'ajo nell'imbarazzo — ( The Tutor in a Jam ) is a melodramma giocoso , or opera, in two acts by Gaetano Donizetti. The Italian libretto was written by Jacopo Ferretti, after the Giovanni Giraud play (1807). It premiered at the Teatro Valle, Rome on February 4, 1824.… …
