''Giulietta e Romeo'' is a

dramma per musica Dramma per musica ( Italian, literally: ''drama for music'', plural: ''drammi per musica'') is a libretto. The term was used by dramatists in Italy and elsewhere between the mid-17th and mid-19th centuries. In modern times the same meaning of ''dra ...

by composer

Niccolò Antonio Zingarelli Niccolò Antonio Zingarelli (; 4 April 1752 – 5 May 1837) was an Italian composer, chiefly of opera. Life Early career Zingarelli was born in Naples, where he studied (from the age of 7) at the Santa Maria di Loreto Conservatory under Fena ...

with an Italian libretto by Giuseppe Maria Foppa after the 1530 novella of the same name by Luigi Da Porto and Shakespeare's '' Romeo and Juliet''. The

opera Opera is a form of theatre in which music is a fundamental component and dramatic roles are taken by singers. Such a "work" (the literal translation of the Italian word "opera") is typically a collaboration between a composer and a libr ...

premiered at the Teatro alla Scala in Milan on 30 January 1796. ''Giulietta e Romeo'' was composed by Zingarelli in only eight days and it is considered by many scholars to be his best work. The opera remained a part of the Italian repertory well into the nineteenth century and the role of Romeo was a favourite vehicle for

Maria Malibran Maria Felicia Malibran (24 March 1808 – 23 September 1836) was a Spanish singer who commonly sang both contralto and soprano parts, and was one of the best-known opera singers of the 19th century. Malibran was known for her stormy personality ...

until c. 1830.Original libretto for Manuel García family's American tour
''Romeo and Giulietta; A Serious Opera. In Three Acts. As Performed at the New-York Theatre''
New York, E. M. Murden (for the New-York Theatre), 1826; libretto: ''Romeo e Giulietta'', London, Mallet, date not reported (cited a
ItalianOpera.org
. In both librettos Malibran appears as Romeo. Cf. also: ''I teatri – Giornale drammatico musicale e coreografico'', Milan, Ferrario, 1828, Volume 2, Part. 1
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1796 operas Italian-language operas Opera seria Operas Operas by Niccolò Antonio Zingarelli Opera world premieres at La Scala Operas based on Romeo and Juliet {{Italian-opera-stub