Ester d'Engaddi (1821 Pellico), play

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.

• Ester fin En-Gedi (1881 Yiddish), play (Yiddish ed.)

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