Tancredi

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Tancredi is an 1813 opera seria by Gioachino Rossini that helped establish his early fame and is noted for its bel canto style and dramatic intensity.

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Label Occurrences
Tancredi canonical 3
Tancredi in Tancredi 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf opera seria
acts 2
basedOn Tancrède
basedOnAuthor Voltaire
catalogueNumber no standard opus number (Rossini opera)
composer Gioachino Rossini
countryOfOrigin Italy
era bel canto era
firstCityOfPerformance Venice
firstPerformanceCountry Italy
firstTheatreOfPerformance Teatro La Fenice
genre opera seria
hasAlternativeEnding happy ending version
tragic ending version
helpedEstablish early fame of Gioachino Rossini
historicalSource medieval tales of Tancred
language Italian
librettoLanguage Italian
musicalForm number opera
notableAria Di tanti palpiti
notedFor bel canto style
dramatic intensity
originalLibrettist Gaetano Rossi
overture orchestral
period early Romantic opera
premiereDate 1813-02-06
premiereLocation Teatro La Fenice, Venice
linked to: Teatro La Fenice
premiereYear 1813
principalCharacter Amenaide
Argirio
Isaura
Orbazzano
Roggiero
Tancredi
setting Syracuse
settingPeriod Middle Ages
significance early major success for Rossini
structure two-act opera
style bel canto
subjectMatter honor
love
misunderstanding
war
vocalTypeOfAmenaide soprano
vocalTypeOfTancredi mezzo-soprano (trouser role)

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

Gioachino Rossini notableWork Tancredi
Sara Tancredi hasLastName Tancredi
Marilyn Horne hasRole Tancredi in Tancredi
linked to: Tancredi