Lucrezia Borgia (opera)

Lucrezia Borgia
Lucrezia Borgia
Opera by Gaetano Donizetti
	Thérèse Tietjens in the title role
Librettist	Felice Romani
Language	Italian
Based on	Lucrezia Borgia; by Victor Hugo
Premiere	26 December 1833; La Scala, Milan

Lucrezia Borgia is a melodramatic opera in a prologue and two acts by Gaetano Donizetti. Felice Romani wrote the Italian libretto after the play Lucrezia Borgia by Victor Hugo, in its turn after the legend of Lucrezia Borgia. Lucrezia Borgia was first performed on 26 December 1833 at La Scala, Milan.