Written 1833 Composer Gaetano Donizetti Language Italian | First performance 9 September 1833 Librettist Jacopo Ferretti | |
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Torquato Tasso is a melodramma semiseria, or 'semi-serious' opera, in three acts by Gaetano Donizetti and based on the life of the great poet Torquato Tasso. The Italian libretto was written by Jacopo Ferretti, who used a number of sources for his text, including works by Giovanni Rosini, Goethe, Goldoni, and Lord Byron as well as Tasso's actual poetry. It premiered on 9 September 1833 at the Teatro Valle, Rome.
The work has been criticized for "its odd deployment of vocal types" characteristic of the semiseria genre.
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Time: 16th century Place: Ferrara, Northern ItalyReferences
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