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Premiered in Turin [Italy]: 1838. | |||
Translated into English, Yiddish and Russian. | Translated into English, Yiddish and Russian. | ||
*[[Ester fin En-Gedi (1881 Yiddish), play (Yiddish ed.)]] | *[[Ester fin En-Gedi (1881 Yiddish), play (Yiddish ed.)]] | ||
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Ester d'Engaddi <Italian> / Esther of Engaddi (1821) is a play by Silvio Pellico.
Abstract
A tragedy in five acts by the Italian patriot and writer. The setting is a remote area of Israel where a group of Jewish refugees lives around 50 years after the destruction of the Temple.
Editions, performances, translations
Premiered in Turin [Italy]: 1838.
Translated into English, Yiddish and Russian.
Provides the libretto of four operas:
- Ester d'Engaddi (1843 Malipiero), opera
- Ester d'Engaddi (1843 Peri), opera
- Ester d'Engaddi (1846 Graffigna), opera
- Ester d'Engaddi (1848 Pacini), opera