Maria de Rudenz

Maria de Rudenz
Opera by Gaetano Donizetti
Gaetano Donizetti c. 1835
LibrettistSalvadore Cammarano
LanguageItalian
Premiere
30 January 1838 (1838-01-30)
La Fenice, Venice

Maria de Rudenz is a dramma tragico, or tragic opera, in three parts by Gaetano Donizetti. The Italian libretto was written by Salvadore Cammarano, based on "a piece of Gothic horror", La nonne sanglante by Auguste Anicet-Bourgeois and Julien de Mallian, and The Monk by Matthew Gregory Lewis. It premiered at La Fenice in Venice, on 30 January 1838.