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    Alfredo il grande (Alfred the Great) is a melodramma serio or serious opera in two acts by Gaetano Donizetti. Andrea Leone Tottola wrote the Italian libretto...
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  • Alfredo il grande is an 1819 opera, melodramma seria in 2 acts, by Johann Simon Mayr to a libretto by Bartolomeo Merelli after Eraldo ed Emma by Gaetano...
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    has remained a staple of the operatic repertoire. An aria from the opera, "Il dolce suono", is featured in the film The Fifth Element. The instrumentation...
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    Unfortunately however, the music set for the San Carlo premiere of Alfredo il grande on 2 July was described in the Giornali as "...one could not recognize...
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  • 571. Weinstock 1963, pp. 188—189 Dom Sebastian von Portugal. OCLC 79789205. Il duca d'Alba. OCLC 174363469. Allitt, John Stewart (1991), Donizetti: in the...
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    in Giovanni Pacini's Alessandro nelle Indie (1824) and Donizetti's Alfredo il grande, and roles in operas by Michele Carafa, Manuel García, Johann Simon...
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    supposedly supports Pasquale, he is amazed at this apparent betrayal (Mi fa il destino mendico – "Fate has made a beggar of me"). Ernesto determines to elope...
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    "Per dio! Se questo Napoletano continua a cantare così, farà parlare di sè il mondo intero" (Heavens! If this Neapolitan continues to sing like this, he...
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    Schmailzl, Karlskron [1996] Samuele Fono-Schallplattengesellschaft, Laer [1997] Grande messa da requiem Orchestra Stabile di Bergamo, Agora [1997] Stabat Mater...
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    composed the opera during the summer of 1823, during which time his Alfredo il grande was in rehearsals at the Teatro San Carlo. It failed after three performances...
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    Enzo Ferrari (redirect from Il Commendatore)
    widely known as Il Commendatore or Il Drake. In his final years he was often referred to as L'Ingegnere ("The Engineer") or Il Grande Vecchio ("The Grand...
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    was soon followed by a recording featuring Caballé, Shirley Verrett, Alfredo Kraus, and Ezio Flagello, conducted by Jonel Perlea, who also led the Carnegie...
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    Roberto Devereux (in full Roberto Devereux, ossia Il conte di Essex, Italian: [roˈbɛrto deveˈrø osˈsiːa il ˈkonte di ˈɛsseks]; "Robert Devereux, or the Earl...
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    Il Pigmalione (Pygmalion) is a scena lirica (lyric scene or opera) in one act by Gaetano Donizetti. The librettist is unknown, but it is known that the...
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    Il falegname di Livonia, o Pietro il grande, czar delle Russie (The Livonian Carpenter, or Peter the Great, Tsar of the Russias) is an 1819 opera buffa...
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  • Il sagrifizio di Jefte is a 1795 oratorio by Simon Mayr to a libretto by Giuseppe Foppa performed in Forlì. Il sagrifizio di Jefte. Franz Hauk. 2CD Naxos...
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    Il campanello or Il campanello di notte (The Night Bell) is a dramma giocoso, or opera, in one act by Gaetano Donizetti. The composer wrote the Italian...
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  • Alfredo Lucio Esposito, also known under the pseudonym of Alfredo Fiorani (December 13, 1953 – February 29, 2016), was an Italian poet, writer, essayist...
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    the US Navy was named USS Alfred in his honour. Yorke 1999. "Sant' Alfredo il Grande". Archived from the original on 2 August 2019. Retrieved 2 August...
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    However, they tell him that she is about to leave with her aunt (Marie, aria: Il faut partir / "I must leave you!"). In a choral finale, she leaves with the...
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  • Irish Themes, Op. 59 String Quartet No.18, Op. 61 Gaetano Donizetti – Alfredo il grande Mary Fauche – The Shepherd King, Op.1 Saverio Mercadante – Didone...
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    Alfredo Stéfano Di Stéfano Laulhé (Spanish pronunciation: [alˈfɾeðo ðjesˈtefano]; 4 July 1926 – 7 July 2014) was a professional footballer and coach who...
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  • librettos for Donizetti, including those for La zingara (1822), Alfredo il grande (1823), Il castello di Kenilworth (1829) and Imelda de' Lambertazzi (1830)...
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    Donizetti dealing with the Tudor period in English history—in composition order, Il castello di Kenilworth (1829), Anna Bolena (1830), Maria Stuarda (named for...
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    Il diluvio universale (The great flood) is an azione tragico-sacra, or opera, by Gaetano Donizetti. The Italian libretto was written by Domenico Gilardoni...
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    Devereux (named for a putative lover of Queen Elizabeth I of England) and Il castello di Kenilworth. The lead female characters of the operas Anna Bolena...
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    Alphonse Royer u. Gustave Vaëz]. Dato alla luce per la 1. volta a Parigi sotto il nome La favorita [!] ed ora liberamente trad. dal francese per cura di Francesco...
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    (1822) La lettera anonima (1822) Chiara e Serafina, o Il pirata (1822) Alfredo il grande (1823) Il fortunato inganno (1823) L'ajo nell'imbarazzo (1824)...
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  • (1813) Elena (1814) Le due duchesse, ossia La caccia dei lupi (1814) Alfredo il grande (1819) Fedra (1820) Demetrio, Re di Siria (1823) Oratorio Iacob a...
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    Giuseppe Foppa, Venice, 1795 Il sagrifizio di Jefte, oratorio in Italian, Forlì, 1795 [Naxos CD 8.572719-20] Il ritorno di Jefte, o Il voto incauto, oratorio...
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