Aroldo

Aroldo
Opera by Giuseppe Verdi
(Originally Stiffelio of 1850)
A scene from Walter Scott's The Talisman
LibrettistFrancesco Maria Piave
LanguageItalian
Based onEdward Bulwer-Lytton's Harold: the Last of the Saxon Kings and Walter Scott's The Betrothed
Premiere
16 August 1857 (1857-08-16)

Aroldo (Italian pronunciation: [aˈrɔldo]) is an opera in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian libretto by Francesco Maria Piave, based on and adapted from their earlier 1850 collaboration, Stiffelio. The opera premiered in Rimini's Teatro Nuovo Comunale on 16 August 1857.