Original: More than one hundred operas are based on Hugo's works and among them are Donizetti's Lucrezia Borgia (1833), Verdi's Rigoletto (1851) and Ernani (1844), and Ponchielli's La Gioconda (1876).
Simplified: More than one hundred operas are based on Hugoâ s works and among them are Donizettiâ s Lucrezia Borgia (1833), Verdiâ s Rigoletto (1851) and Ernani (1844), and Ponchielliâ s La Gioconda (1876).