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''Gabriella di Vergy'' is an ''opera seria'' in two acts by Gaetano Donizetti written in 1826 and revised in 1838, from a libretto by Andrea Leone Tottola, which was based on the tragedy ''Gabrielle de Vergy'' (1777) by Dormont De Belloy. Prior to that, the play was itself inspired by two French medieval legends, ''Le châtelain de Coucy et la dame de Fayel'' and ''Le Roman de la chastelaine de Vergy''. The story had already been the subject of an opera by Michele Carafa (1816) and had previously been used by Johann Simon Mayr (''Raul di Créqui'', Milan, 1809), Francesco Morlacchi (''Raoul de Créqui'', Dresden, 1811), and Carlo Coccia (''Fayel'', Florence, 1817). It was also subsequently used as ''Gabriella di Vergy'' by Saverio Mercadante in 1828. "In its original form the opera was never performed",〔Ashbrook and Hibberd 2001, p. 227〕 but parts of the original version were re-used by Donizetti in his other operas ''Otto mesi in due ore'' (Naples, 1827), ''L’esule di Roma'' (Naples 1828), ''Il paria'' (Naples 1829) and ''Anna Bolena''. For the revised version, Donizetti revisited ''Gabriella di Vergy'' and incorporated into the opera parts of ''Ugo, conte di Parigi'' (Milan 1832), ''Rosmonda d'Inghilterra'' (Florence 1834) and ''Maria de Rudenz'' (Venice 1838). ==Performance history== After Donizetti's death, his revised ''Gabriella di Vergy'' finally received its first performance on 29 November 1869 at the Teatro San Carlo in Naples and with the title of ''Gabriella''〔Osborne 1994, p. 163〕 The opera was rediscovered in 1978 by Don White and Patric Schmid of Opera Rara. Subsequently, it was given its first performance in the UK on 9 September 1978 in Belfast and recorded.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Gabriella di Vergy」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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