He drew from a Schiller play for his 1835 opera Maria Stuarda, and he wrote a Larghetto for Piano in A minor based on the aria Una furtiva lagrima; that aria is sung by Nemorino in Act II of his opera The Elixir of Love.
He enjoyed his first great success in 1822 for his opera Zoraida di Granata. He drew from a Schiller play for his 1835 opera Maria Stuarda, and he wrote a Larghetto for Piano in A minor based on the aria Una furtiva lagrima; that aria is sung by Nemorino in Act II of his opera The Elixir of Love. Drawing heavily from Sir Walter Scott, both Il Castello di Kenilworth and a work concerning the tragic love of Edgardo and the title character are operas by, for 10 points, which Italian composer of Lucia di Lammermoor?
He enjoyed his first great success in 1822 for his opera Zoraida di Granata.
Gaetano {Donizetti}