| Title |
Premiere |
| Enrico di Borgogna |
Teatro San Luca, Venice , November 14, 1818 opera semiseria in 2 acts; libretto by Barolomeo Merelli based on Der Graf von Burgund (1795) by Auguste von Kotzebue
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| Una follia |
Teatro San Luca, Venice , December 15, 1818 farsa in 1 act; libretto by Bartolomeo Merelli possibly based on Una follia (1813) by Andrea Leone Tottola
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| Pietro il grande |
Teatro San Samuele, Venice , December 26, 1819 opera buffa in 2 acts; libretto by G. Bevilacqua Aldovrandini based on Le menuisier de Livonie by Alexandre Duval |
| Le nozze in villa |
Teatro Vecchio, Mantua , Carnival 1821?2 opera buffa in 2 acts; libretto by Bartolomeo Merelli based on Die deuschen Kleinstädter (1802) by August von Kotzebue |
| Zoraida(e) di Granata |
Teatro Argentina , Rome , January 28, 1822 (revised 1824) opera seria (melodramma eroico) in 2 acts; libretto by Bartolomeo Merelli based on Gonzalve de Cordove (1793) by Jean-Pierre-Claris de Florian |
| La zingara |
Teatro Nuovo, Naples , May 12, 1822 opera semiseria in 2 acts; libretto by Andrea Leone Tottola based on La petite bohémienne (1816) by Louis-Charles Caigniez |
| La lettera anonima |
Teatro del Fondo, Naples , June 19, 1822 farsa in 1 act; libretto by Giulio Genoino based on Mélite (1630) by Pierre Corneille |
| Chiara e Serafina |
Teatro alla Scala, Milan , October 26, 1822 opera semiseria in 2 acts; libretto by Felice Romani based on La cisterne (1809) by René Charles Guilbert de Plixérécourt |
| Alfredo il grande |
Teatro San Carlo, Naples , July 2, 1823 opera seria in 2 acts; libretto by Andrea Leone Tottola based on Alfredo il grande (1818), a libretto by Bartolomeo Merelli for Mayr |
| Il fortunato inganno |
Teatro Nuovo, Naples , September 3, 1823 farsa in 2 acts; libretto by Andrea Leone Tottola |
| L'ajo nell'imbarazzo |
Teatro Valle, Rome , February 4, 1824 farsa in 2 acts; libretto by Jacopo Ferretti based on L'ajo nell'imbarazzo (1807) by Giovanni Giraud |
| Emilia di Liverpool |
Teatro Nuovo, Naples , July 28, 1824 opera semiseria in 2 acts; from an anonymous libretto based on Emilia (1788) by August von Kotzebue |
| Alahor di Granata |
Teatro Carolino, Palermo , January 7, 1826 opera seria in 2 acts ; anonymous libretto based on Gonzalve de Cordove (1793) by Jean-Pierre-Claris de Florian |
| Elvida |
Teatro San Carlo, Naples , July 6, 1826 opera seria in 1 act; libretto by Giovanni Schmidt. |
| Gabriella di Vergy |
composed in 1826 but not performed until after Donizetti's death opera seria in 2 acts; libretto by Andrea Leone Tottola based on Le roman du chastelain de Couci (14 th century) |
| Olivo e Pasquale |
Teatro Valle, Rome , January 7, 1827 opera buffa in 2 acts; libretto by Jacopo Ferretti based on Olivo e Pasquale (1794) by Antonio Simone Sografi |
| Otto mesi in due ore |
Teatro Nuovo, Naples , May 13, 1827 opera romantica in 3 acts; libretto by Domenico Gilardoni based on Elisabeth, ou Les exilés de Sibérie (1806) by Sophie Cottin |
Il borgomastro di Saardam |
Teatro del Fondo, Naples , August 19, 1827 opera buffa in 2 acts; libretto by Domenico Gilardoni based on Le bormestre de Saardam, ou Les deux Pierres (1818) by Anne Honoré-Joseph Mélesville, J.-T. Merle and E.-C. de Boirle
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| Le convenienze teatrali |
Teatro Nuovo, Naples , November 21, 1827 farsa in 1 act; libretto by Gaetano Donizetti based on Le convenienze teatrali (1794) by Antonio Simone Sografi and II teatro comico (1753) by Carlo Goldoni |
| L'esule di Roma |
Teatro San Carlo, Naples , January 1, 1828 opera seria in 2 acts; libretto by Domenico Gilardoni based on Androclès (1804) by Louis-Charles Caigniez and Debotière |
| Alina |
Teatro Carlo Felice, Genoa , May 12, 1828 opera buffa in 2 acts; libretto by Felice Romani based on La reine de Golconde (1761) by Stanislas-Jean de Bouffler |
| Gianni di Calais |
Teatro del Fondo, Naples , August 2, 1828 opera semiseria in 3 acts; libretto by Domenico Gilardoni based on Jean de Calais (1810) by Louis-Gilbert Caigniez |
| Il paria |
Teatro San Carlo, Naples , January 12, 1829 opera seria in 2 acts; libretto by Domenico Gilardoni based on Le paria (1821) by Casimir Delavigne |
| Il giovedì grasso |
Teatro del Fondo, Naples , February 26, 1829 farsa in 1 act; libretto by Domenico Gilardoni based on Le nouveau Poureaugnac (1817) by Eugène Scribe and Charles-Gaspard Delestre-Poirson |
| Il castello di Kenilworth |
Teatro San Carlo, Naples , July 6, 1829 opera seria in 3 acts; libretto by Andrea Leone Tottola based on Kenilworth (1821) by Sir Walter Scott |
| I pazzi per progetto |
Teatro San Carlo, Naples , February 6, 1830 farsa in 1 act; libretto by Domenico Gilardoni based on Une visite à Bedlam (1824) by Charles-Gaspard Delestre-Poirson |
| Il diluvio universale |
Teatro Carlo Felice, Genoa , February 28, 1830 azione tragica-sacra in 3 acts; libretto by Domenico Gilardoni based on Il diluvio (1788) by Francesco Ringhini, Heaven and Earth (1822) by Lord Byron and Loves of the Angels (1823) by Thomas Moore |
| Imelda de' Lambertazzi |
Teatro San Carlo, Naples , September 5, 1830 opera seria in 2 acts; libretto by Andrea Leone Tottola based on Historia dei fatti d'Antonio Lambertacci (1532) by Bombaci |
| Anna Bolena |
Teatro Carcano, Milan , December 26, 1830 opera seria in 2 acts; libretto by Felice Romani based on Henri VIII (1791) by Marie-Joseph de Chénier and Anna Bolena (1788) by Alessandro Pepoli |
| Gianni di Parigi |
Teatro alla Scala, Milan , September 10, 1839 opera buffa in 2 acts; libretto by Felice Romani based on Jean de Paris by Godard d'Aucourt de Saint Just |
| Francesca di Foix |
Teatro San Carlo, Naples , May 30, 1831 opera semiseria in 1 act; libretto by Domenico Gilardoni. based on Françoise de Foix (1809) by Jean Nicholas and Emanuel Mercier-Dupaty |
La romanziera Teatro e l'uomo nero
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Teatro del Fondo, Naples , June 18, 1831 opera buffa in 1 act; libretto by Domenico Gilardoni based on L'homme noir (1820) by Eugène Scribe and Jean-Henri Dupin
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| Fausta |
Teatro San Carlo, Naples , January 12, 1832 opera seria in 2 acts; libretto by Domenico Gilardoni, completed by Donizetti |
| Ugo, conte di Parigi |
Teatro alla Scala, Milan , March 13, 1832 opera seria in 2 acts; libretto by Felice Romani |
| L'elisir d'amore |
Teatro Canobbiana, Milan , May 12, 1832 opera comica in 2 acts; libretto by Felice Romani based on Il filtro by Silvio Malapert and Le philtre by Eugène Scribe |
| Sancia di Castiglia |
Teatro San Carlo, Naples , November 4, 1832 opera seria in 2 acts; libretto by Pietro Salatino |
Il furioso all'isola di San Domingo |
Teatro Valle, Rome , January 2, 1833 opera semiseria in 3 acts; libretto by Jacopo Ferretti based on Don Quixote (1605) by Miguel Cervantes
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| Parisina |
Teatro della Pergola, Florence , March 17, 1833 opera seria in 3 acts; libretto by Felice Romani based on Parisina (1816) by Lord Byron |
| Torquato Tasso |
Teatro Valle, Rome , September 9, 1833 opera semiseria in 3 acts; libretto by Jacopo Ferretti based on Torquato Tasso (1832) by Giovanni Rosini, Torquato Tasso (1755) by Carlo Goldoni, Tasso (1790) by Johann Wolfgang Goethe and The Lament of Tasso (1817) by Lord Byron |
| Lucrezia Borgia |
Teatro alla Scala, Milan , December 26, 1833 opera seria in a prologue and 2 acts; libretto by Felice Romani based on Lucrèce Borgia (1833) by Victor Hugo
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| Rosmonda d'Inghilterra |
Teatro della Pergola, Florence , February 27, 1834 opera seria in 2 acts; libretto by Felice Romani based on The Legend of the Fair Rosmund
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| Maria Stuarda |
Teatro alla Scala, Milan , December 30, 1835 opera seria in 3 acts; libretto by Giuseppe Bardari based on Maria Stuart (1800) by Friedrich Schiller revised as Buondelmonte; Teatro alla Scala, Milan , 30 December 1835 opera seria in 2 acts; libretto by Pietro Salatino
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| Gemma di Vergy |
Teatro alla Scala, Milan , December 26, 1834 opera seria in 2 acts; libretto by Emanuele Bidera based on Charles VII chez les grands vassaux (1831) by Alexandre Dumas père
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| Marin(o) Faliero |
Théâtre Italien, Paris , March 12, 1835 opera seria in 3 acts; libretto by Emanuele Bidera, revised by Agostino Ruffini based on Marino Faliero (1829) by Lord Byron
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| Lucia di Lammermoor |
Teatro San Carlo, Naples , September 26, 1835 opera seria in 3 acts; libretto by Salvadore Cammarano based on The Bride of Lammermoor (1819) by Sir Walter Scott revised as Lucie de Lammermoor; Théâtre de la Renaissance, Paris , August 6, 1839; grand opéra in 4 acts; libretto by Alphonse-Royez and Gustave Vaëz
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| Belisario |
Teatro La Fenice, Venice , February 4, 1836 opera seria in 3 acts; libretto by Salvadore Cammarano based on Belisarius (1820) by Eduard von Schenk and Bélisaire (1766) by Jean-François Marmontel
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| Il campanello di notte |
Teatro Nuovo, Naples , June 1, 1836 farsa in 1 act; libretto by Gaetano Donizetti based on La sonnette de la nuit (1836) by Leon Levy Brunswick, Mathieu-Barthémy Troin and Victor Lhérie
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| Betly,
o La capanna svizzera |
Teatro Nuovo, Naples , August 21, 1836 opera buffa in 1 act; libretto by Gaetano Donizetti based on Jery und Bätely (1780) by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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| L'assedio di Calais |
Teatro San Carlo, Naples , November 19, 1836 opera seria in 3 acts with ballet; libretto by Salvadore Cammarano based on Eustache de St. Pierre (1822) by Philippe-Jacques Laroche (Hubert)
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| Pia de' Tolomei |
Teatro Apollo, Venice , February 18, 1837 opera seria in 2 acts; libretto by Salvadore Cammarano based on the conclusion of Il purgatorio, Canto V by Dante Alighieri
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| Roberto Devereux |
Teatro San Carlo, Naples , October 28, 1837 opera seria in 3 acts; libretto by Salvadore Cammarano based on Elisabeth d'Angleterre (1832) by François Ancelot
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| Maria di Rudenz |
Teatro La Fenice, Venice , January 30, 1838 opera seria in 3 acts; libretto by Salvadore Cammarano based on an episode from The Monk (1795) by Matthew G. Lewis
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| Poliuto |
Teatro San Carlo, Naples , November 30, 1848 azione sacra (opera seria) in 3 acts; libretto by Salvadore Cammarano based on Polyeucte (1642) by Pierre Corneille
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| Les martyrs |
L'Opéra, Paris , April 10, 1940 grand opéra in 4 acts and a ballet; libretto by Eugène Scribe a revision of Salvadore Cammarano's libretto for Poliuto based on Polyeucte (1642) by Pierre Corneille
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| Le duc d'Albe |
Teatro Apollo, Rome , March 22, 1882 grand opéra in 4 acts; libretto by Eugène Scribe and Charles Duveyrier (Donizetti left this opera incomplete. Scribe used the libretto for Verdi's Les vêpres siciliennes. )
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| La fille du régiment |
Opéra-Comique, Paris , February 11, 1840 opéra comique in 2 acts; libretto by Jules-Henri Vernoy de St. George and Jean-François-Alfred Bayard
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| La favorite |
L'Opéra, Paris , December 2, 1840 grand opéra in 4 acts; librettists by Alphonse Royer and Gustave Vaëz based on The Tale of Leonora de Guzman
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| Adelia |
Teatro Apollo, Rome , February 11, 1841 opera seria in 3 acts; libretto by Felice Romani and Girolamo Marini
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| Rita, o Le mari battu |
Opéra-Comique, Paris , May 7, 1860 opéra comique in 1 act; libretto by Gustave Vaëz
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| Maria Padilla |
Teatro alla Scala, Milan , December 26, 1841 opera seria in 3 acts; libretto by Gaetano Rossi based on Maria Padilla (1838) by François Ancelot
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| Linda di Chamounix |
Kärntnertortheater, Vienna , May 19,1842 opera seria in 3 acts; libretto by Gaetano Rossi based on La grâce de Dieu (1841) by Adolphe-Phillipe d'Ennery and Gustave Lemoine
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| Caterina Cornaro |
Teatro San Carlo, Naples , January 18, 1844 opera seria in a prologue and 2 acts; libretto by Giacomo Sacchèro based on La reine de Chypre (1841) by Jules-Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges revised, Teatro Reggio, Parma , 2 February 1845
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| Don Pasquale |
Théâtre Italien, Paris , January 3, 1843 opera buffa in 3 acts; libretto by Giovanni Ruffini based on Ser Marc Antonio (1810) by Angello Anelli
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| Maria di Rohan |
Kärtnertortheater, Vienna , June 5, 1843 opera seria in 3 acts; libretto by Salvadore Cammarano based on Un duel solis le Cardinal de Richelieu by Lockroy (J. P. Simon) and Edmond Badon (1832)
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| Dom Sébastien, roi du Portugal |
L'Opéra, Paris , November 13, 1843grand opéra in 5 acts and a ballet; libretto by Eugène Scribe based on Dom Sébastien de Portugal (1838) by Paul-Henri Foucher
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