Le siège de Corinthe (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.
Original Name | Le siège de Corinthe |
Librettist | Luigi Balocchi and Alexandre Soumet |
Premiered | 1826, October 9th (Salle Le Peletier) in Paris, France |
First published | 1826 |
Type | Opera |
Spoken language | French |
Instruments |
Orchestra
Voice (Tenor) - Cléomène, Governor of Corinth Voice (Soprano) - Pamira, his daughter Chorus/Choir Voice (Tenor) - Néoclès, a young Greek officer Voice (Bass) - Mahomet II Voice (Tenor) - Adraste Voice (Bass) - Hiéros Voice (Mezzo-Soprano) - Ismène Voice (Tenor) - Omar |
Arrangements |
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Franz Liszt: Introduction et variations sur une marche du Siège de Corinthe, S. 421a
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Autotranslations beta |
Gioachino Rossini: The Siege of Corinth Gioachino Rossini: The Siege of Corinth Gioachino Rossini: The Siege of Corinth |