| Caterina Cornaro | |
|---|---|
| Opera by Gaetano Donizetti | |
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| Librettist | Giacomo Sacchero |
| Language | Italian |
| Based on | Life of Caterina Cornaro |
| Premiere | 12 January 1844 Teatro San Carlo, Naples |
Caterina Cornaro ossia La Regina di Cipro (Caterina Cornaro or The Queen of Cyprus) is a tragedia lirica, or opera, in a prologue and two acts by Gaetano Donizetti. Giacomo Sacchero wrote the Italian libretto after Jules-Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges' libretto for Halévy's La reine de Chypre (1841). It is based on the life of Caterina Cornaro (1454 - 1510), Queen of Cyprus from 1474 to 1489. It premiered at the Teatro San Carlo, Naples on 12 January 1844.