- Il diluvio universale
"Il diluvio universale" ("The great flood") is an
azione tragico-sacra , oropera , byGaetano Donizetti . The Italianlibretto was written byDomenico Gilardoni afterLord Byron 's "Heaven and Earth" and Padre Ringhieri's "Il diluvio".Performance history
It premiered at the
Teatro San Carlo ,Naples onFebruary 28 ,1830 .Roles
Synopsis
The opera is a telling of the biblical story of the great flood.
Selected recordings
(2005, London). Mirco Palazzi, Majella Cullagh, Colin Lee, Manuela Custer, Simon Bailey, Geoffrey Mitchell Choir, London Philharmonic Orchestra cond. Giuliano Carella. "Opera Rara". ORC31 [Revised Version 1834]
External links
* [http://www.karadar.com/Librettos/donizetti_diluvio.html Libretto] (Italian)
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