Lucrezia Borgia | |
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Opera by Gaetano Donizetti | |
![]() Thérèse Tietjens in the title role | |
Librettist | Felice Romani |
Language | Italian |
Based on | Lucrezia Borgia by Victor Hugo |
Premiere | 26 December 1833 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.