Gaetano Donizetti | Premiered April 10, 1840 - Paris, France. Paris Opéra
Composer:
Gaetano Donizetti
Original Language:
French
Librettist:
Eugène Scribe
Description:
Opera in Four Acts
Notes:
after Pierre Corneille’s play Polyeucte
Les martyrs, an adaptation of Poliuto, is Donizetti’s version for Paris. Poliuto had been written earlier for Naples but was not premiered there until 1848.
Time:
3rd Century
Place:
Mylitene, the capital of Armenia
Role
Voice Part
Classification
Pauline
Soprano
L
Polyeucte
Tenor
L
Sévère
Baritone
L
Callisthènes
Bass
F
Félix
Bass
F
Néarque
Tenor
S
Christian
Bass
B
Minimum Chorus: 48
Divisi: SATB
Classification added July 23, 2012
Document rendered on
April 19th, 2024 at
20:15:31 EDT
