Composed in the autumn of 1833, Lucrezia Borgia debuted at the Teatro alla Scala on 26 December of the same year. The source is the homonymous drama by Victor Hugo that Felice Romani, author of the libretto, arranged in a prologue and two acts. It was Donizetti himself who suggested to Romani that he make an opera libretto from Hugo's drama, attracted as much by the high-tension situations present in the text as by the dark atmospheres that surround the story.

Lucrezia Borgia

Maggio Musicale Fiorentino Theatre

The story—fictional yet grounded in historical context—takes place in late-fifteenth-century Granada. The city, the last Arab kingdom on the Iberian Peninsula, is under siege by Spanish forces. Inside its walls, however, an internal conflict rages just as fiercely between two factions: the Abenceragi clan and the Zegri.

Laura Verrecchia

Events

Upcoming events

11 - 27 Nov, 2026

Alahor in Granata · Fondazione Teatro Donizetti

Past events

9 - 16 Nov, 2025

Lucrezia Borgia · Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino

Future and recently performed repertoire

Maffio Orsini in Lucrezia Borgia by Donizetti

Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino

Muley-Hassem in Alahor in Granata by Donizetti

Fondazione Teatro Donizetti

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