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Marino Faliero
is a tragic opera in three acts by
Gaetano Donizetti
. The Italian
libretto
was written by
Giovanni Emanuele Bidera
, who was inspired by
a drama
by
Lord Byron
, based on the life of
Marino Faliero
, a 14th-century
doge of Venice
. This
lithograph
shows the set design for the second act of the opera's premiere, which took place in Paris on 12 March 1835.
Illustration credit: Luigi Verardi, after Domenico Ferri; restored by
Adam Cuerden
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