Knowra Salvatore Cammarano Salvatore Cammarano Salvatore Cammarano (1801–1852) was an Italian playwright and opera librettist, known especially for writing the libretti of Lucia di Lammermoor and Il trovatore.
Lucia di Lammermoor : An 1835 opera by Gaetano Donizetti about Lucia, whose forced marriage and family conflict end in tragedy. Cammarano wrote the libretto, adapting Walter Scott’s novel The Bride of Lammermoor.
Gaetano Donizetti : An Italian opera composer whose works include Lucia di Lammermoor and L'elisir d'amore. Cammarano wrote libretti for several of Donizetti’s operas, including Lucia di Lammermoor.
Opera libretto : The text written or adapted for an opera, including its sung words and dramatic structure. Cammarano’s principal work was constructing texts that composers could set to music.
Leone Emanuele Bardare : An Italian librettist who completed the libretto of Il trovatore after Cammarano’s death. Bardare finished the final act from Cammarano’s surviving plans and materials.
Il trovatore : An 1853 opera by Giuseppe Verdi centered on a gypsy woman’s revenge and the identity of the troubadour Manrico. Cammarano wrote its libretto, leaving the final act unfinished at his death.
Giuseppe Verdi : An Italian opera composer whose works include Rigoletto, La traviata, and Aida. Cammarano collaborated with Verdi on four operas, including Il trovatore.
Italian opera : Opera written in Italian, encompassing distinct musical and theatrical traditions across several centuries. Cammarano wrote within the Italian-language opera tradition of the nineteenth century.
Antonio Somma : An Italian playwright and librettist who collaborated with Giuseppe Verdi. Somma replaced Cammarano on Verdi’s Un ballo in maschera after Cammarano died.
Roberto Devereux : A 1837 opera by Gaetano Donizetti about Elizabeth I, Robert Devereux, and political and romantic conflict at court. Cammarano supplied the libretto for this Donizetti tragedy.
Salvatore Fergola : An Italian painter and stage designer associated with nineteenth-century Neapolitan theater. Fergola belonged to the theatrical world in which Cammarano worked in Naples.
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