The Betrothed (Italian: I promessi sposi Italian: [i proˈmessi ˈspɔːzi]) is an Italian historical novel by Alessandro Manzoni, first published in 1827...

first opera—it was based on Alessandro Manzoni's novel The Betrothed (I promessi sposi)—and it was as an opera composer that he eventually found fame. His...

the operas of the Italian composer Amilcare Ponchielli (1834–1886). Sources Budden, Julien (1992), 'Ponchielli, Amilcare' in The New Grove Dictionary of...

Ponchielli's major revision of his early opera I promessi sposi. The performance inaugurated Milan's Teatro Dal Verme and proved to be Ponchielli's first...

engagement to Lucy with the words: "I promessi sposi" ("the betrothed") – a reference either to the 1856 Ponchielli opera of that name or the Manzoni novel...

Pacini; L'ultimo giorno di Pompei; Il corsaro; Saffo; Amilcare Ponchielli; I promessi sposi; La Gioconda. In Elisabeth Schmierer (ed.): Lexikon der Oper...

in L'elisir d'amore. In 1874 he performed Renzo in Amilcare Ponchielli's I promessi sposi at the Teatro Dal Verme in Milan; a role he repeated at opera...

third decade of the 19th century, Alessandro Manzoni wrote his novel I Promessi Sposi, considered the manifesto of Italian Romanticism, which found in Milan...

Piccolino by Guiraud (as Elena) and the English adaptation of Ponchielli's I Promessi Sposi (as the mother). Other roles included the Gipsy Queen in The...

adapted for libretto by Arrigo Boito. His first work, I promessi sposi (1856), had little success. I Lituani (1874) was well received, but did not remain...