Torquato Tasso (opera)
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Torquato Tasso is a melodramma semiserio, or "semi-serious" opera, in three acts by Gaetano Donizetti and based on the life of the great poet Torquato Tasso. The Italian libretto was written by Jacopo Ferretti, who used a number of sources for his text, including works by Giovanni Rosini, Goethe, Goldoni and Lord Byron, as well as Tasso's actual poetry. It premiered on 9 September 1833 at the Teatro Valle, Rome.
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Opera by Gaetano Donizetti | |
Librettist | Jacopo Ferretti |
Language | Italian |
Based on | Life of Torquato Tasso |
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The work has been criticized for "its odd deployment of vocal types"[1] characteristic of the semiseria genre.