A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Tancredi

TANCREDI. An opera seria in 2 acts; the libretto by Rossi, after Voltaire, music by Rossini. Produced at the Teatro Fenice, Venice, Feb. 6, 1813. In Italian at the Théâtre des Italiens, Paris; and in French (Castil Blaze) at the Odeon. In England, in Italian, at King's Theatre, May 4, 1820. Revived in 1837, Pasta; 1841, Viardot; 1848, Alboni; and July 22, 29, 1856, for Johanna Wagner. Tancredi contains the famous air 'Di tanti palpiti.'

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