| Marino Faliero | |
|---|---|
| Opera by Gaetano Donizetti | |
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| Librettist | Giovanni Emanuele Bidera |
| Language | Italian |
| Based on | Casimir Delavigne's play Marino Faliero |
| Premiere | 12 March 1835 Théâtre-Italien, Paris |
Marino Faliero (or Marin Faliero) is a tragedia lirica, or tragic opera, in three acts by Gaetano Donizetti. Giovanni Emanuele Bidera wrote the Italian libretto, with revisions by Agostino Ruffini, after Casimir Delavigne's play. It is inspired by Lord Byron's drama Marino Faliero (1820) and based on the life of Marino Faliero (c.1285-1355), the Venetian Doge.[1]
Rossini, acting as the Théâtre Italien's music director, had commissioned works by the outstanding Italian composers of the day—Donizetti and Vincenzo Bellini. Both wrote operas for that house in Paris, Bellini's contribution being the hugely-successful I puritani. Donizetti's opera, which premiered on 12 March 1835 (a few months after I puritani) was not nearly as much of a success. However, it marked Donizetti's first opera to have its premiere in Paris.
- ^ Casaglia, Gherardo (2005). "Marino Faliero, 12 March 1835". L'Almanacco di Gherardo Casaglia (in Italian).