Gilbert and Sullivan parodied a scene from act three of this work in Ruddigore, and Giovanni Bottesini wrote a fantasy based on themes from it.
Gilbert and Sullivan parodied a scene from act three of this work in Ruddigore, and Giovanni Bottesini wrote a fantasy based on themes from it. Like many of the composers' works, it is a bel canto opera. The opera begins with a search for an intruder at a castle, and Normanno reveals that the titular character has been secretly meeting Edgardo because he saved her from a raging bull. The opera concludes with Edgardo stabbing himself so that he can be reunited with the title character in heaven. In a notable aria, Il dolce suono, the titular character goes mad and kills her new husband Arturo. FTP, name this opera, based on a novel by Sir Walter Scott, written by Gaetano Donizetti.
Gilbert and Sullivan parodied a scene from act three of this work in Ruddigore, and Giovanni Bottesini wrote a fantasy based on themes from it.
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