Pia de' Tolomei

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Pia de' Tolomei is a tragedia lirica, or tragic opera, in two acts by Gaetano Donizetti. Salvatore Cammarano wrote the Italian libretto after Bartolomeo Sestini's novella, in its turn after Dante's narrative poem The Divine Comedy part 2: Purgatorio. It premiered on February 18, 1837 at the Teatro Apollo, Venice.

Contents 1 Roles 2 Synopsis 3 Recordings 4 External link

[edit] Roles

		Premiere, February 18, 1837
Pia, Nello's wife	soprano	Fanny Tacchinardi Persiani
Ghino Degli Armieri, Nello's brother	tenor	Antonio Poggi
Nello Dello Pietra	baritone	Giorgio Ronconi
Rogrigo, Pia's brother	contralto	Rosina Mazzarelli
Piero, a hermit	bass	Alessandro Meloni
Ubaldo, Pia's servant	tenor	Alessandro Giacchini
Bice	soprano	Marietta Bramati
Lamberto	bass	Alessandro Cecconi
Servants, bridesmaids, hermits

[edit] Synopsis

[edit] Recordings

[edit] External link

• Libretto (Italian)