Pia de' Tolomei (opera)
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Pia de' Tolomei is a tragedia lirica (tragic opera) in two acts by Gaetano Donizetti. Salvadore Cammarano wrote the Italian libretto after Bartolomeo Sestini's verse novella Pia de' Tolomei, which was based on Canto V, vv. 130–136 from Dante's narrative poem The Divine Comedy part 2: Purgatorio. It premiered on 18 February 1837 at the Teatro Apollo in Venice.[1]
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Pia de' Tolomei | |
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Opera by Gaetano Donizetti | |
Librettist | Salvadore Cammarano |
Language | Italian |
Based on | Dante's The Divine Comedy |
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