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Title Zelmira
Author Tottola, Andrea Leone  
Date 24 Jan 1824
First Performance Date 24 Jan 1824
Document Type Play  
Library/Archive The Huntington Library  
Collection Name John Larpent Plays
Reference LA2398
Language Italian
Document Description A comic opera which features a complicated plot featuring Zelmira, the daughter of the king of Lesbos named Polidoro, and her husband Prince Ilo.
Theme Opera  Greco-Roman Society  
Theatre The King's Theatre, Haymarket  
Lord Chamberlain Graham, James (3rd Duke of Montrose)  
Examiner at time of Licence Application Larpent, John  
Genre Comic Opera  
Acts Two  
Keywords opera  comedy  monarch  family  marriage  courtship  king  prince  Greece  island  assassination attempt  
Additional Information Manuscript dated, by Larpent, Jan. 6. The title-page states, "La Poesià del Dramma è del Signor Andrea Leone Totola."
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