Elvida
Sign in to saveElvida is a melodramma or opera in one act by Gaetano Donizetti. Giovanni Schmidt wrote the Italian libretto. The opera was written as a ''pièce d'occasion'' for the birthday of Queen Maria of the Two Sicilies. The choice of subject matter was no doubt intended as an elegant acknowledgement of the Queen's Spanish ancestry. Donizetti received little financial reward for the work and, as a result, put the minimum of effort into its composition.
Key facts
- Opera.name
- Elvida
- Opera.composer
- Gaetano Donizetti
- Opera.image
- Donizetti Booklet.jpg
- Opera.image_upright
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- Opera.caption
- The young composer
- Opera.librettist
- Giovanni Schmidt
- Opera.language
- Italian
- Opera.premiere_location
- Teatro San Carlo, Naples
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Wikidata facts
- Genre
- opera seria
- Country of origin
- Italy
- Composer
- Gaetano Donizetti
- Librettist
- Giovanni Schmidt
- Image
- Gaetano Donizetti - Elvida - libretto, Teatro San Carlo, Naples 1826 - title page.png
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- copyright status
- public domain
- location of first performance
- Teatro di San Carlo
- Commons category
- Elvida
- form of creative work
- opera
- date of first performance
- 1826-07-06
- language of work or name
- Italian
- publication date
- 1850-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
8 sectionsContents
- Roles
- Synopsis
- Scene 1
- Scene 2
- Scene 3
- Recordings
- References
- External links
Elvida is a melodramma or opera in one act by Gaetano Donizetti. Giovanni Schmidt wrote the Italian libretto. The opera was written as a ''pièce d'occasion'' for the birthday of Queen Maria of the Two Sicilies. The choice of subject matter was no doubt intended as an elegant acknowledgement of the Queen's Spanish ancestry. Donizetti received little financial reward for the work and, as a result, put the minimum of effort into its composition.
Elvida was first performed on 6 July 1826 at the Teatro San Carlo in Naples, but it "made little impression on the audience" After three performances, the piece lay forgotten until its performances and recordings in 2004.
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