Sancia di Castiglia

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Operas by Gaetano Donizetti

Il Pigmalione (1816)
Enrico di Borgogna (1818)
Pietro il grande (1819)
Zoraida di Granata(1822)
La zingara (1822)
Alfredo il grande (1823)
L'ajo nell'imbarazzo (1824)
Emilia di Liverpool (1824)
Alahor in Granata (1826)
Elvida (1826)
Gabriella di Vergy (1826)
Olivo e Pasquale (1827)
Otto mesi in due ore (1827)
L'esule di Roma (1828)
Alina, regina di Golconda (1828)
Gianni di Calais (1828)
Il castello di Kenilworth (1829)
Il diluvio universale (1830)
Imelda de' Lambertazzi (1830)
Anna Bolena (1830)
Le convenienze ed
inconvenienze teatrali (1831)
Gianni di Parigi (1831)
Francesca di Foix (1831)
Fausta (1832)
Ugo, conte di Parigi (1832)
L'elisir d'amore (1832)
Sancia di Castiglia (1832)
Parisina (1833)
Torquato Tasso (1833)
Lucrezia Borgia (1833)
Rosmonda d'Inghilterra (1834)
Gemma di Vergy (1834)
Marino Faliero (1835)
Maria Stuarda (1835)
Lucia di Lammermoor (1835)
Belisario (1836)
Il campanello (1836)
Betly, o La capanna svizzera (1836)
L'assedio di Calais (1836)
Roberto Devereux (1837)
Maria de Rudenz (1838)
Poliuto (1838)
Pia de' Tolomei (1838)
Le duc d'Albe (1839)
La fille du régiment (1840)
La favorita (1840)
Adelia (1841)
Rita (1841)
Maria Padilla (1841)
Linda di Chamounix (1842)
Caterina Cornaro (1844)
Don Pasquale (1843)
Maria di Rohan (1843)
Dom Sébastien (1843)
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Sancia di Castiglia is an Italian opera seria in two acts by Gaetano Donizetti, libretto by Pietro Salatino, first performed at the Teatro San Carlo in Naples, on November 4, 1832 under Nicola Festa.

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The action is taking place in Castile, Spain, during the middle ages.

Sancia, Queen of Castile, whose husband has been killed in battle, also believes that her son, Garcia has been killed. She plans to marry the Saracen prince, Ircano, against the advice of her minister, Rodrigo. When Garcia, having survived an assassination attempt instigated by Ircano, reappers to claim the throne, Ircano tells Sancia that he will marry her only if she poisons her son. Garcia is about to drink from the poisoned goblet when a suddenly repentant Sancia snatches it and drinks it herself. She dies pleading for her son's forgiveness.

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