La zingara (The Gypsy Girl) is an opera semiseria in two acts (1822) by Gaetano Donizetti, set to a libretto by Andrea Leone Tottola, after La petite bohémienne (The Little Gypsy) by Louis-Charles Caigniez, which was itself derived from a work of August von Kotzebue.
It was Donizetti's first opera written for Naples.
The first performance took place at the Teatro Nuovo, Naples, on May 12, 1822. The soprano aria “Fra l'erbe cosparse” (Sprinkled ov...
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La zingara (The Gypsy Girl) is an opera semiseria in two acts (1822) by Gaetano Donizetti, set to a libretto by Andrea Leone Tottola, after La petite bohémienne (The Little Gypsy) by Louis-Charles Caigniez, which was itself derived from a work of August von Kotzebue.
It was Donizetti's first opera written for Naples.
The first performance took place at the Teatro Nuovo, Naples, on May 12, 1822. The soprano aria “Fra l'erbe cosparse” (Sprinkled over the grass) was especially popular.
Don Ranuccio is the villain of the opera: he has imprisoned Don Sebastiano in his castle and he also wants to kill the Duke of Alziras, his political rival. Ranuccio's daughter Ines is in love with Fernando, but her father wants her to marry Antonio who is Don Sebastiano's nephew.
Argilla, the gypsy girl of the title, brings together the lovers Ferrando and Ines, saves the life of the Duke, whom she brings together again with his brother and frees Don Sebastiano, who turns out to be her father. Comedy is...
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