Stiffelio

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Stiffelio is an 1850 opera in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi, notable for its unconventional story of a Protestant minister confronting adultery and forgiveness.

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Stiffelio canonical 6

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Predicate Object
instanceOf opera ⓘ
basedOn Le pasteur, ou L’évangile et le foyer ⓘ
basedOnAuthor Eugène Bourgeois ⓘ
Émile Souvestre ⓘ
catalogueNumber Verdi opera no. 16 (approximate chronological position) ⓘ
censorshipHistory subject to censorship in 19th-century Italy ⓘ
character Jorg ⓘ
linked to: Jörg

Lina ⓘ
Raffaele ⓘ
Stankar ⓘ
composer Giuseppe Verdi ⓘ
compositionDecade 1850s ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Italy ⓘ
dramaticFocus conflict between personal honor and Christian forgiveness ⓘ
firstPerformanceDate 1850-11-16 ⓘ
genre opera in three acts ⓘ
language Italian ⓘ
laterReworkedAs Aroldo ⓘ
librettist Francesco Maria Piave ⓘ
mainCharacter Stiffelio ⓘ
mainCharacterOccupation Protestant minister ⓘ
notableFor focus on adultery and forgiveness within a religious context ⓘ
unconventional treatment of a Protestant minister as protagonist ⓘ
numberOfActs 3 ⓘ
originalPublisher Ricordi ⓘ
partOf Verdi’s middle period ⓘ
placeInComposerOutput follows Luisa Miller ⓘ
precedes Rigoletto ⓘ
premiereCity Trieste ⓘ
linked to: Trieste, Italy
premiereLocation Teatro Grande, Trieste ⓘ
premiereType world premiere ⓘ
rediscovery 20th century revival after period of neglect ⓘ
religiousContext Protestantism ⓘ
settingCountry Germany ⓘ
settingPeriod 19th century ⓘ
structure three-act structure ⓘ
theme adultery ⓘ
forgiveness ⓘ
marital fidelity ⓘ
religious conflict ⓘ
vocalForces chorus ⓘ
orchestra ⓘ
solo voices ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Giuseppe Verdi → notableWork → Stiffelio ⓘ
Stiffelio → mainCharacter → Stiffelio ⓘ
Aroldo → basedOn → Stiffelio ⓘ
Aroldo → adaptedFrom → Stiffelio ⓘ
Aroldo → originalWorkRevised → Stiffelio ⓘ