Le siège de Corinthe
Le siège de Corinthe (English: The Siege of Corinth) is an opera in three acts by Gioachino Rossini set to a French libretto by Luigi Balocchi and Alexandre Soumet, which was based on the reworking of some of the music from the composer's 1820 opera for Naples, Maometto II, the libretto of which was written by Cesare della Valle.
| Le siège de Corinthe | |
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| Opera by Gioachino Rossini | |
Set for Act 3 in the premiere | |
| Translation | The Siege of Corinth |
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| Language | French |
| Based on | Third Siege of Missolonghi |
| Premiere | 9 October 1826 Salle Le Peletier, Paris |
Le siège was Rossini's first French opera (known also in its Italian version as L'assedio di Corinto) and was first given at the Salle Le Peletier of the Paris Opéra on 9 October 1826
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