Charlotte Corday (opera)
Charlotte Corday is an opera in three acts by Lorenzo Ferrero to an Italian-language libretto by Giuseppe Di Leva, written on commission from the Teatro dell'Opera di Roma for the 200th anniversary of the French Revolution which was commemorated in 1989.
| Charlotte Corday | |
|---|---|
| Opera by Lorenzo Ferrero | |
| Librettist | Giuseppe Di Leva |
| Language | Italian |
| Premiere | 21 February 1989 Teatro dell'Opera di Roma |
The fundamental theme of the opera is the individual terrorist action committed by anyone who believes that he or she is eliminating an evil by eliminating a person, in most cases the wrong person. The work describes three encounters of the Girondin sympathizer Charlotte Corday with Jean-Paul Marat, leading figure of the radical Jacobin faction, two attempts and finally the assassination itself.
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