L'assedio di Calais
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L'assedio di Calais (The siege of Calais) is a melodramma lirico, or opera, in three acts by Gaetano Donizetti. Salvatore Cammarano wrote the Italian libretto after Luigi Marchionni's play and, secondarily, Luigi Henry's ballet (1827), both based on Pierre Du Belloy's play Le siège de Calais (1765). The historical basis was the siege of Calais in 1346, toward the beginning of what would later be called the Hundred Years' War. It premiered on November 19, 1836 at the Teatro San Carlo, Naples.
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[edit] Roles
| Role | Voice type | Premiere Cast, November 19, 1836 (Conductor: - ) |
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| Eustachio de Saint-Pierre, Mayor of Calais | baritone | Paul Barroilhet |
| Aurelio, his son | mezzo-soprano, pants role |
Almareinda Manzocchi |
| Eleonora, Aurelio's wife | soprano | Caterina Barilli-Patti, mother of Adelina Patti |
| Giovanni d'Aire, burgher | tenor | Ferdinando Cimino |
| Giacomo de Wisants, burgher | tenor | Freni |
| Pietro de Wisants, burgher | baritone | Giovanni Revalden |
| Armando, burgher | bass | Giuseppe Benedetti |
| Eduardo III, King of England | baritone | Luigi Lablache |
| Isabella, Queen of England[1] | soprano | |
| Edmundo, English general | tenor | Nicola Tucci |
| An English spy | bass | Pietro Gianni |
[edit] Synopsis
[edit] Selected recordings
[edit] External links
- Libretto (Italian)
[edit] Notes
- ^ The real Isabella was Edward III's mother; his wife was Philippa of Hainault
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