Fedora (opera)

Fedora
Opera by Umberto Giordano
Poster for the 1899 performances
at the Teatro Verdi, Padua
LibrettistArturo Colautti
LanguageItalian
Based onFédora
by Victorien Sardou
Premiere
17 November 1898 (1898-11-17)

Fedora is an opera in three acts by Umberto Giordano to an Italian libretto by Arturo Colautti, based on the 1882 play Fédora by Victorien Sardou. Along with Andrea Chénier and Siberia, it is one of the most notable works of Giordano.

It was first performed at the Teatro Lirico in Milan on 17 November 1898 conducted by the composer; Gemma Bellincioni created the role of Fedora with Enrico Caruso as her lover, Loris Ipanov.