Les vêpres siciliennes

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Les vêpres siciliennes is a grand opera in five acts by Giuseppe Verdi, first performed in 1855 and set against the backdrop of the 13th-century Sicilian revolt against French rule.

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Les vêpres siciliennes canonical 2
The Sicilian Vespers 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf grand opera
balletRequirement Paris grand opera convention
basedOn Sicilian Vespers
catalogueNumber none (Verdi operas are not usually numbered)
cityOfPremiere Paris
commissionedBy Paris Opéra
linked to: Paris Opera
composer Giuseppe Verdi
composerNationality Italian
countryOfPremiere France
dateOfPremiere 1855-06-13
genre French grand opera
historical opera
hasBallet yes
hasItalianVersionTitle I vespri siciliani
hasOverture yes
hasVersion I vespri siciliani (Italian version)
linked to: I vespri siciliani
historicalEventDepicted Sicilian revolt against French rule
language French
librettist Charles Duveyrier
Eugène Scribe
mainTheme national liberation
political oppression
revenge
musicalStyle mid-Romantic opera
notableFor first original opera Verdi wrote for the Paris Opéra
numberOfActs 5
originalAudience Parisian opera public
originalMedium stage work
originalTitleLanguage French
partOf Verdi operas
periodOfComposition 1850s
premiereCentury 19th century
premiereLanguage French
premiereType world premiere
settingPeriod 13th century
settingPlace Sicily
settingYear 1282
structure five acts
subject Sicilian Vespers
theatreOfPremiere Paris Opéra
linked to: Paris Opera
timeOfAction reign of Charles I of Anjou
titleTranslation The Sicilian Vespers
yearOfPremiere 1855

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Giuseppe Verdi notableWork Les vêpres siciliennes
I vespri siciliani originalTitle Les vêpres siciliennes
Francesco Hayez notableWork The Sicilian Vespers
subject linked to: Hayez
linked to: Les vêpres siciliennes