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Victor Hugo, in its ... A gondola appears and a masked woman steps onto the 
terrace. She hurries over to the sleeping Gennaro and observes him with 
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and Felice Romani worked on an opera based on the life of Sappho. ... basing 
his story on the play Lucrce Borgia by the French author Victor Hugo. ... are few 
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history. The historical ... He has no idea who this masked woman is. [DOC] [TLE] Mike Figgis's 'Lucrezia Borgia' at English National Opera - Review ... [PAR] Feb 20, 2011 ... ... of Donizetti's Lucrezia Borgia at the English National Opera in ... Playing 
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drawn to Victor Hugo's popular play and particularly by the last scene in .... 
Donizetti's Lucrezia is the reverse Rigoletto and both operas are based on plays 
by Hugo. A vicious woman but at the same time a loving mother manages by her 
evil... [DOC] [TLE] Opera Today : DONIZETTI: Lucrezia Borgia [PAR] Nov 12, 2010 ... Here are operas based on French literature from Balzac, Hugo and beyond: ... 
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A gondola

Question: Donizetti's opera about this female Borgia is based on a play by Victor Hugo
Answer: Lucrezia Borgia