Caterina Cornaro (opera)

Caterina Cornaro ossia La Regina di Cipro (Caterina Cornaro or The Queen of Cyprus) is a tragedia lirica, or opera, in a prologue and two acts by Gaetano Donizetti. Giacomo Sacchero wrote the Italian libretto after Jules-Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges' libretto for Halévy's La reine de Chypre (1841). It is based on the life of Caterina Cornaro (1454 - 1510), Queen of Cyprus from 1474 to 1489. It premiered at the Teatro San Carlo, Naples on 12 January 1844.

Caterina Cornaro
Opera by Gaetano Donizetti
Gaetano Donizetti, lithography by Roberto Focosi
LibrettistGiacomo Sacchero
LanguageItalian
Based onLife of Caterina Cornaro
Premiere
12 January 1844 (1844-01-12)
Teatro San Carlo, Naples
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