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Jone is an opera in four acts by [[Errico Petrella]. The Italian-language libretto was by Giovanni Peruzzini, after Bulwer-Lytton's famous "The Last Days of Pompei". It was premiered at La Scala on Jan. 26, 1858, with the following principals:

Jone: Augusta Albertini sop. Nidia: Carmelita Poch mez. Glauco: Carlo Negrini: ten. Arbace: Giovanni Guicciardi bar. Burbo: Annibale Biacchi bass

All of these singers were quite well known, especially Carlo Negrini who was one of Italy's leading tenors and had created Gabriele Adorno in Simon Boccanegra a year earlier. Guicciardi was the first De Luna in Il trovatore

It was an immediate success, being given not only all over Italy, but in the rest of the world as well. It remained in the repertory for close to 50 years, being last given in Caracas in 1981.