Pia de' Tolomei (opera)

Pia de' Tolomei
Opera by Gaetano Donizetti
Gaetano Donizetti c. 1835
LibrettistSalvadore Cammarano
LanguageItalian
Based onDante's The Divine Comedy
Premiere
18 February 1837 (1837-02-18)
Teatro Apollo in Venice

Pia de' Tolomei is a tragedia lirica (tragic opera) in two acts by Gaetano Donizetti. Salvadore Cammarano wrote the Italian libretto after Bartolomeo Sestini's verse novella Pia de' Tolomei, which was based on Canto V, vv. 130–136 from Dante's narrative poem The Divine Comedy part 2: Purgatorio. It premiered on 18 February 1837 at the Teatro Apollo in Venice.

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