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Alzira
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ISBN13: 9781024778151
Publisher: Hutson Street Press
Published: May 22 2025
Pages: 32
Weight: 0.13
Height: 0.07 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: Italian
Alzira is a tragic opera in a prologue and two acts by Giuseppe Verdi, with an Italian libretto by Salvatore Cammarano, based on Voltaire's 1736 tragedy Alzire, ou les Américains. Premiered at the Teatro San Carlo in Naples in 1845, the opera tells a dramatic story of love, betrayal, and cultural conflict in colonial Peru.
Set against the backdrop of the Spanish conquest, the opera explores the clash between the indigenous Inca people and the European colonizers. The plot revolves around Alzira, an Inca princess, her love for Zamoro, an Inca warrior, and the conflicts that arise when the Spanish governor, Gusmano, also desires her. The opera features Verdi's signature dramatic style, with powerful ensembles and memorable arias. Alzira, while not among Verdi's most frequently performed works, remains a significant example of 19th-century Italian opera and demonstrates Verdi's engagement with historical and political themes.
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