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Poliuto
Sign in to savePoliuto is a three-act tragedia lirica (or tragic opera) by Gaetano Donizetti from the Italian libretto by Salvadore Cammarano, which was based on Pierre Corneille's play Polyeucte written in 1641–42. It reflected the life of the early Christian martyr Saint Polyeuctus.
Key facts
- Opera.name
- Poliuto
- Opera.composer
- Gaetano Donizetti
- Opera.image
- Carlo Baucarde.jpg
- Opera.image_upright
- 1.1
- Opera.caption
- Carlo Baucardé in the title role in 1848
- Opera.librettist
- Salvadore Cammarano
- Opera.language
- Italian
- Opera.premiere_location
- Teatro San Carlo, Naples
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
12 sectionsContents
- Composition history
- As ''Poliuto''
- Donizetti in Paris, 1838 to 1840
- Performance history
- Roles
- Synopsis
- Act 1: The Baptism
- Act 2: The Neophyte
- Act 3: Martyrdom
- Recordings
- References
- External links
Poliuto is a three-act tragedia lirica (or tragic opera) by Gaetano Donizetti from the Italian libretto by Salvadore Cammarano, which was based on Pierre Corneille's play Polyeucte written in 1641–42. It reflected the life of the early Christian martyr Saint Polyeuctus.
Regarded by one author as Donizetti's "most personal opera" with the music being "some of the finest Donizetti was to compose", Poliuto was written in 1838 for performances planned at the Teatro San Carlo in Naples later that year. However, close to the time for rehearsals to begin, King Ferdinand II refused to allow the martyrdom of a Christian saint to be seen on stage and forbade the production.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Poliuto” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.