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weeks before the premiere had failed to deliver any more than a first act. Consequently, Donizetti was forced to compose the opera in under two weeks. It was premiered after two more weeks spent in rehearsal, but the audience was unimpressed. Twelve performances were scheduled, but after they were finished the opera appears to have disappeared without a trace. No further performances are known. A likely reason for the opera's lack of popularity, besides the haste in which it was composed, was a major treason trial in Milan; this kept the public from visiting theaters, which were being watched by police.
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In search of their leader, the pirates storm the castle, capturing Don
Meschino, Lisetta, and Chiara. Picaro enters, now undisguised, and frees the prisoners. The sisters are reunited, and Don Ramiro swears eternal love to Serafina. In the end, all believe that Chiara has fled with the pirates,
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That night, the pirate Picaro, a former servant of Don
Fernando's, appears looking for work. Don Fernando offers him a reward to prevent Serafina's wedding. Picaro disguises himself as Don Alvaro and presents himself to the lovers; believing her father found, Serafina is persuaded to postpone her
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in Naples. Upon requesting the new work, La Scala paired
Donizetti with Felice Romani, the foremost librettist then working in Italy, but an individual who was notorious for failing to deliver his work on time. Such proved to be the case once again; he promised a libretto in seven weeks, but three
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Don
Meschino is in love with Agnese's daughter, Lisetta, and asks to marry her. She refuses, but at that moment a storm blows up, during which Don Alvaro and Chiara appear. They ask Agnese and Lisette for assistance, without revealing their identities.
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wedding. Chiara arrives disguised as a beggar, but is not recognized by her sister. She and the true Don Alvaro confuse Picaro, who repents and promises assistance, but then flees.
413:; for ten years he has been a slave. Don Fernando is secretly his enemy, and has engineered things so that his disappearance appears to be treason, for which he has been convicted
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Don Alvaro, father of Chiara and
Serafina, is a sea captain who was captured by pirates while sailing with Chiara from
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tutor of
Serafina, false friend of Don Alvaro, rich lord of Minorca
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ship's captain, enslaved in
Algeria, father of Chiara and Serafina
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The opera takes place in Spain during the seventeenth century.
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wealthy villager of
Belmont, foolish, in love with Lisetta
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came about not long after the successful premiere of the
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The bel canto operas of
Rossini, Donizetti, and Bellini
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son of the podestĂ of Minorca, in love with to Serafina
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874:Le convenienze ed inconvenienze teatrali
770:Le convenienze ed inconvenienze teatrali
495:"Donizetti Society Donizetti Works Page"
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454:and released as part of an anthology.
385:Chorus of peasants, pirates and guards
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826:Elisabetta al castello di Kenilworth
141:René Charles Guilbert de Pixérécourt
81:René Charles Guilbert de Pixérécourt
930:Il furioso all'isola di San Domingo
334:Carlo Poggiali (perhaps Poggioli?)
299:custodian of the castle of Belmonte
120:Chiara and Serafina, or The Pirates
14:
1324:Opera world premieres at La Scala
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514:Charles Osborne (1 April 1994).
674:Chiara e Serafina, o Il pirata
143:. Donizetti's first opera for
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627:I piccioli virtuosi ambulanti
438:but she returns with Picaro.
280:daughter of Sancio and Agnese
114:Chiara e Serafina, o I pirati
1047:Betly, o La capanna svizzera
1309:Operas by Gaetano Donizetti
890:La romanziera e l'uomo nero
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786:L'eremitaggio di Liverpool
16:Opera by Gaetano Donizetti
1339:Libretti by Felice Romani
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794:Alina, regina di Golconda
762:Il borgomastro di Saardam
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383:
135:, based on the melodrama
91:26 October 1822
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30:
48:Donizetti as a young man
1299:Italian-language operas
634:Il falegname di Livonia
199:Interpreter at premiere
153:nearly a decade later.
1260:Donizetti's birthplace
978:Rosmonda d'Inghilterra
850:Imelda de' Lambertazzi
23:
1319:Operas based on plays
970:Il diluvio universale
842:Il diluvio universale
484:Osborne 1994, p. 151.
450:has been recorded by
291:Maria Gioja-Tamburini
1143:La fille du régiment
938:Otto mesi in due ore
906:Ugo, conte di Parigi
834:I pazzi per progetto
754:Otto mesi in due ore
698:L'ajo nell'imbarazzo
690:Il fortunato inganno
150:Ugo, conte di Parigi
1314:Operas set in Spain
1103:Lucie de Lammermoor
1055:L'assedio di Calais
1018:Lucia di Lammermoor
922:Sancia di Castiglia
706:Emilia di Liverpool
161:The commission for
1250:Donizetti Monument
1226:Other compositions
1183:Linda di Chamounix
738:Gabriella di Vergy
666:La lettera anonima
650:Zoraida di Granata
612:Enrico di Borgogna
201:(26 October 1822)
171:La lettera anonima
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882:Francesca di Foix
818:Il giovedì grasso
714:Alahor in Granata
682:Alfredo il grande
642:Le nozze in villa
568:Gaetano Donizetti
529:978-0-931340-71-0
522:. Amadeus Press.
460:Teatro alla Scala
448:Chiara e Serafina
390:
389:
351:Carlo Pizzochero
320:Nicola de Grecis
306:Carolina Sivelli
272:Antonio Tamburini
215:Isabella Fabbrica
163:Chiara e Serafina
131:to a libretto by
129:Gaetano Donizetti
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36:Gaetano Donizetti
24:Chiara e Serafina
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1255:Donizetti Museum
1191:Caterina Cornaro
1119:L'Ange de Nisida
1071:Roberto Devereux
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914:L'elisir d'amore
866:Gianni di Parigi
802:Gianni di Calais
746:Olivo e Pasquale
605:L'ira di Achille
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1304:Opera semiseria
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1127:Lucrezia Borgia
1095:Pia de' Tolomei
1079:Maria de Rudenz
1063:Pia de' Tolomei
962:Lucrezia Borgia
778:L'esule di Roma
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345:spoken role or
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127:in two acts by
125:opera semiseria
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339:Don Alvaro,
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236:Don Ramiro,
230:Rosa Morandi
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75:
1334:1822 operas
1151:La favorite
1135:Les martyrs
858:Anna Bolena
415:in absentia
379:Carlo Dona
287:or soprano
196:Voice type
180:Simone Mayr
157:Composition
137:La cisterne
76:La cisterne
1293:Categories
658:La zingara
620:Una follia
467:References
452:Opera Rara
442:Recordings
370:Spalatro,
95:1822-10-26
54:Librettist
1031:Belisario
869:(1828-31)
599:Olimpiade
356:Gennaro,
285:contralto
278:Lisetta,
221:Serafina
1278:Category
946:Parisina
810:Il paria
411:Mallorca
297:Agnese,
261:baritone
254:Picaro,
145:La Scala
123:) is an
102:La Scala
87:Premiere
72:Based on
64:Language
1243:Related
1233:Requiem
1087:Poliuto
1021:(1835)
500:6 March
419:Menorca
210:soprano
206:Chiara
104:, Milan
93: (
67:Italian
1329:Operas
1235:(1835)
1218:(1843)
1210:(1843)
1202:(1843)
1194:(1844)
1186:(1842)
1178:(1841)
1170:(1841)
1162:(1841)
1159:Adelia
1154:(1840)
1146:(1840)
1138:(1840)
1130:(1840)
1122:(1839)
1114:(1839)
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1098:(1838)
1090:(1838)
1082:(1838)
1074:(1837)
1066:(1837)
1058:(1836)
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949:(1833)
941:(1833)
933:(1833)
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898:Fausta
893:(1831)
885:(1831)
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861:(1830)
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845:(1830)
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773:(1827)
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741:(1826)
733:(1826)
730:Elvida
725:(1826)
717:(1826)
709:(1824)
701:(1824)
693:(1823)
685:(1823)
677:(1822)
669:(1822)
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595:(1816)
584:Operas
526:
433:Act II
331:tenor
407:Cadiz
401:Act I
243:tenor
193:Role
186:Roles
167:farsa
1167:Rita
524:ISBN
502:2016
393:Plot
347:bass
409:to
263:or
139:by
79:by
34:by
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560:e
553:t
546:v
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