Lucrezia Borgia

Opera in tre atti

• Composer: Gaetano Donizetti
• Librettist: Felice Romani
• Source: Lucrèce Borgia, drama by Victor Hugo
• First performance:
  • original version: Teatro alla Scala, Milan, 26 December 1833
  • revised version: Teatro alla Scala, Milan, 11 January, 1840
  • 2nd revised version: Théâtre-Italien, Paris, 31 October, 1840
• Libretto:
  • OperaGlass
  • Libretti Homepage
• Synopses:
  • Opera-L
  • Soggetto (La Scala)
• Discography
• Bibliography

Dramatis Personæ

Don Alfonso, Duke of Ferrara (bass)

Donna Lucrezia Borgia, Duchess of Ferrara (soprano)

Gennaro, (tenor)

Maffio Orsini, (contralto)

Jeppo Livoretto, (tenor)

Don Aposto Gazella, (bass)

Ascanio Petrucci, (bass)

Oloferno Vitellozzo, (tenor)

Gubetta, (bass)

Rustighello, (tenor)

Astolfo, (bass)

Cavalieri - Scuederi - Dame - Scherani - Paggi - Maschere - Soldati - Uscieri - Alabardieri - Coppieri - Gondolieri [Nobles, Guards, Ladies, Desperadoes, Pages, Maskers, Soldiers, Ushers, Halberdiers, Cupbearers, Gondoliers]

Setting:Venice and Ferrara, Beginning of the 16th Century.