Linda di Chamounix is a melodramma semiserio in three acts by Gaetano Donizetti. The Italian libretto was written by Gaetano Rossi. It premiered in Vienna, at the Kärntnertortheater, on May 19, 1842.
On March 1, 1934, Linda di Chamounix received its Metropolitan Opera premiere with Lily Pons in the title role. Through March 25, 1935, the Met presented the opera in seven more performances, all starring Pons. It has not been performed there since.
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Linda di Chamounix is a melodramma semiserio in three acts by Gaetano Donizetti. The Italian libretto was written by Gaetano Rossi. It premiered in Vienna, at the Kärntnertortheater, on May 19, 1842.
On March 1, 1934, Linda di Chamounix received its Metropolitan Opera premiere with Lily Pons in the title role. Through March 25, 1935, the Met presented the opera in seven more performances, all starring Pons. It has not been performed there since.
The village square in Chamounix, Savoy, France.
It is dawn, and the villagers are singing on their way to church, for this is the day the young men go to Paris for the winter, to earn money as street entertainers.
Maddalena Loustolot awaits the return of her husband Antonio from a visit to the Marchesa, who owns their farm. Antonio has been anxious that their lease on the farm be renewed, and that the mortgage — held by the Marchesa — not be called in. Antonio arrives, relieved at having been assured that the Marchesa's brother, the Marchese ...
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