Alina, regina di Golconda

Alina, regina di Golconda
Opera by Gaetano Donizetti
Donizetti as a young man
LibrettistFelice Romani
LanguageItalian
Based onNovel by Stanislas de Boufflers
Premiere
12 May 1828 (1828-05-12)

Alina, regina di Golconda (Alina, Queen of Golconda) is an opera in two acts by Gaetano Donizetti. The Italian libretto was written by Felice Romani after Michel-Jean Sedaine's French libretto for Pierre-Alexandre Monsigny's ballet-heroique Aline, reine de Golconde (Paris Opera, 1766), in its turn based on the novel by Stanislas de Boufflers.

The opera was commissioned for the opening festivities of the Teatro Carlo Felice, Genoa, where it premiered with success on 12 May 1828. Soon after, a revised version debuted at the Teatro Valle, Rome on 10 October 1829.