Oberto (opera)

Oberto Conte di San Bonifacio
Opera by Giuseppe Verdi
The town and citadel of Bassano
where the opera is set
LibrettistTemistocle Solera
LanguageItalian
Based onExisting libretto by Antonio Piazza [it] probably called Rocester
Premiere
17 November 1839 (1839-11-17)
Teatro alla Scala, Milan

Oberto, Conte di San Bonifacio is an opera in two acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian libretto by Temistocle Solera, based on an existing libretto by Antonio Piazza [it] probably called Rocester.[1][2]

It was Verdi's first opera, written over a period of four years, and was first performed at the Teatro alla Scala, Milan, on 17 November 1839. The La Scala production enjoyed "a fair success" and the theatre's impresario, Bartolomeo Merelli, commissioned two further operas from the young composer.[1]

  1. ^ a b David Kimbell 2001, in Holden, p. 977
  2. ^ Budden 1984, p. 44: He notes that Solera received sole credit even though the majority of the text was "probably by Piazza". p. 44