| Torquato Tasso | |
|---|---|
| Opera by Gaetano Donizetti | |
&sq=&lang=&file=File:Gaetano_Donizetti_1.jpg) Gaetano Donizetti c. 1835 | |
| Librettist | Jacopo Ferretti |
| Language | Italian |
| Based on | Life of Torquato Tasso |
| Premiere | 9 September 1833 Teatro Valle, Rome |
Torquato Tasso is a melodramma semiserio, or "semi-serious" opera, in three acts by Gaetano Donizetti and based on the life of the great poet Torquato Tasso. The Italian libretto was written by Jacopo Ferretti, who used a number of sources for his text, including works by Giovanni Rosini, Goethe, Goldoni and Lord Byron, as well as Tasso's actual poetry. It premiered on 9 September 1833 at the Teatro Valle, Rome.
The work has been criticized for "its odd deployment of vocal types"[1] characteristic of the semiseria genre.
- ^ Ashbrook 1998, p. 762