15170 Donizetti: Peter the Great, Tsar of the Russias




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Summary: Il falegname di Livonia, o Pietro il grande, czar delle Russie (The Livonian Carpenter, or Peter the Great, Tsar of the Russias) is an 1819 opera buffa in two acts with music by Gaetano Donizetti set to a libretto by Gherardo Bevilacqua-Aldobrandini. The libretto was based in part on Felice Romani's libretto for Giovanni Pacini's opera Il falegname di Livonia, which had just been presented at La Scala in Milan on 12 April 1819. Another source was Alexandre Duval's comedy Le menuisier de Livonie, ou Les illustres voyageurs (1805). Conducted and Produced by Joana Filipe Martinez CMD Grand Opera Company of Barcelona Spain This production is sponsored by Martinez Estate of Barcelona Spain Download at: http://www.classicalsavings.com/store/p939/Donizetti%3A_Peter_the_Great.html YouTube Video at: https://youtu.be/lCG7S7Qh53A