Lucrezia Borgia (opera)

Lucrezia Borgia
Opera by Gaetano Donizetti
Thérèse Tietjens in the title role
LibrettistFelice Romani
LanguageItalian
Based onLucrezia Borgia
by Victor Hugo
Premiere
26 December 1833 (1833-12-26)
La Scala, Milan

Lucrezia Borgia is a melodramatic opera in a prologue and two acts by Gaetano Donizetti. Felice Romani wrote the Italian libretto after the play Lucrezia Borgia by Victor Hugo, in its turn after the legend of Lucrezia Borgia. Lucrezia Borgia was first performed on 26 December 1833 at La Scala, Milan.