Don Gregorio (opera)とは 意味・読み方・使い方

Don Gregorio is an opera by Gaetano Donizetti, adapted from his popular 1824 opera buffa L'ajo nell'imbarazzo, from a libretto by Jacopo Ferretti. While L'ajo nell'imbarazzo enjoyed success at Teatro Valle, it was not suited to the Teatro Nuovo in Naples, where Francesco Tortoli was interested in producing it. Donizetti signed a contract with Tortoli for 300 ducats to adapt L'ajo nell'imbarazzo into a new opera, Don Gregorio, and to compose one further opera. For the adaptation of L'ajo nell'imbarazzo, Donizetti would revise the recitatives into spoken dialogue and translate the role of Don Gregorio into the Neapolitan dialect. The opera premiered at the Teatro Nuovo on 11 June 1826.