First performance 30 January 1796 Language Italian | Librettist Giuseppe Maria Foppa | |
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Composer Niccolò Antonio Zingarelli Similar Gli Orazi e i Curiazi, Il signor Bruschino, La scala di seta, Sigismondo, L'inganno felice | ||
Giulietta e Romeo is a dramma per musica by composer Niccolò Antonio Zingarelli with an Italian libretto by Giuseppe Maria Foppa after the 1530 novella of the same name by Luigi da Porto. The opera premiered at the Teatro alla Scala in Milan on 30 January 1796.
Giulietta e Romeo was composed by Zingarelli in only eight days and it is considered by many scholars to be his best work. The opera remained a part of the Italian repertory well into the nineteenth century and the role of Romeo was a favourite vehicle for Maria Malibran until c 1830.
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