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Operas based on plays

  • La traviataGiuseppe Verdi and Francesco Maria Piave stood at the edge of a new musical world in 1852. They had just seen a play called La Dame aux camélias performed by…
  • Anna BolenaFelice Romani crafted the libretto for Anna Bolena after reading Ippolito Pindemonte's Enrico VIII ossia Anna Bolena and Alessandro Pepoli's Anna Bolena.
  • The Marriage of FigaroEmperor Joseph II of Austria issued a direct order in 1784 that banned the German version of Beaumarchais's play The Marriage of Figaro.
  • Mitridate, re di PontoWolfgang Amadeus Mozart stood in the city of Bologna during the summer of 1770. He was only fourteen years old when he began composing this opera seria.