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Torvaldo e Dorliska Rome, Teatro Valle, 26 December 1815 II barbiere di Siviglia Rome, Teatro Argentina, 20 February 1816 La gazzetta ^Naples, Teatro Fiorentini, 26 September 1816 Otello ■^Naples, Teatro del Fondo, 4 December 1816 La Cenerentola Rome, Teatro Valle, 25 January 1817 La gazza ladra Milan, Teatro alia Scala, 31 May 1817 Armida ^Naples, Teatro San Carlo, 11 November 1817 Adelaide di Borgogna Rome, Teatro Argentina, 27 December 1817 Mose in Egitto -^Naples, Teatro San Carlo, 5 March 1818 Ricciardo e Zoraide -^Naples, Teatro San Carlo, 3 December 1818 Ermione -^Naples, Teatro San Carlo, 27 March 1819 Eduardo e Cristina Venice, Teatro San Benedetto, 24 April 1819 La donna del Iago "^Naples, Teatro San Carlo, 24 October 1819 Bianca e Falliero Milan, Teatro alia Scala, 26 December 1819 Maometto II “^ Naples, Teatro San Carlo, 3 December 1820 Matilde di Shabran Rome, Teatro Apollo, 24 February 1821 Zelmira Naples, Teatro San Carlo, 16 February 1822

Librettos In his Abitare la battaglia, the Italian critic Gabriele Baldini tells the

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Opera Source Genre Elisabetta, Regina Sophie Lee, The Recess English Gothic novel,

d'Inghilterra late 18th century Otello Shakespeare, Othello English Renaissance

drama Armida Tasso, Gerusalemme Italian Renaissance verse

liberata epic Mose in Egitto Biblical narrative; Bible; Italian

Ringhieri, L'Osiride neoclassical sacred drama, 18th century.