Parisina (Donizetti)

This article is about the opera by Donizetti. For the opera by Pietro Mascagni, see Parisina (Mascagni). For the historical character on whom the opera is loosely based, see Parisina Malatesta.
Parisina
Opera by Gaetano Donizetti
Gaetano Donizetti c. 1835
LibrettistFelice Romani
LanguageItalian
Based onByron's Parisina
Premiere
17 March 1833 (1833-03-17)
Teatro Valle, Rome

Parisina (also known as Parisina d'Este) is an opera (tragedia lirica), in three acts by Gaetano Donizetti. Felice Romani wrote the Italian libretto after Byron's 1816 poem Parisina.

The characters of Parisina and Duke Azzo in both Byron's poem and Donizetti's opera are very loosely based on the historical figures of Parisina Malatesta (the daughter of Andrea Malatesta) and Niccolò III d'Este.

Parisina premiered on 17 March 1833 at the Teatro della Pergola in Florence. A performance at the Teatro Argentina in Rome is the setting for a key scene in chapter 34 of the 1844 novel The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas.