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Maometto II

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Composer:

Giaochino Rossini

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Language:

Italian

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Maometto II Synopsis

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Maometto II Libretto

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About the opera Maometto II

Maometto II is an opera in two acts by Gioachino Rossini, to an Italian libretto by Cesare della Valle, set in the 1470s during the time of the war between the Turks and Venetians. Della Valle based his libretto on his earlier play Anna Erizo. The name of the title character, Maometto II, refers to the real-life Ottoman Turkish Sultan, the Great Conqueror of Istanbul Mehmed II, who lived from 1432 to 1481.
Regarded "in some ways (as his) most ambitious opera", Maometto II failed to find an audience in Naples and, "to help ensure (its) success in Venice and Paris, he smoothed out the most audacious elements of the score". Venice saw it in 1822 and then, translated into French and changed significantly, it was presented as Le siège de Corinthe in 1826.
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Roles in Maometto II

Maometto II Bass
Paolo Erisso Tenor
Anna Soprano
Calbo Mezzo-Soprano or Contralto
Condulmiero Tenor
Selimo Tenor

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All scenes from Maometto II

Arias from Maometto II

Nr.Title scenePopularityOperaComposerActTypeVoicesLang.Roles
1Non temer d'un basso affetto Popularity:

Opera: Maometto IIComposer: RossiniAct: 2

Type: ariaVoice: contralto or mezzoLanguage: Italian

Roles: Calbo
2Del periglio al fiero aspetto Popularity:

Opera: Maometto IIComposer: RossiniAct: 2

Type: ariaVoice: contralto or mezzoLanguage: Italian

Roles: Calbo
3Giusto ciel Popularity:

Opera: Maometto IIComposer: RossiniAct:

Type: Voice: mezzoLanguage: Italian

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4Ah! che invan Popularity:

Opera: Maometto IIComposer: RossiniAct:

Type: Voice: mezzoLanguage: Italian

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5Juste ciel! Ah! ta clemence Popularity:

Opera: Maometto IIComposer: RossiniAct:

Type: Voice: Language: Italian

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6L'heure fatale approche Popularity:

Opera: Maometto IIComposer: RossiniAct:

Type: Voice: Language: Italian

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