Opera News, September 1st, 2003
VENICE Marino Faliero marked Donizetti's Paris debut, which took place in 1835, not long after the premiere of Bellini's I Puritant, with which it shared a stellar cast. Marino Faliero did not match Puritani's success, but it was appreciated by the exiled republican Giuseppe Mazzini, and one can understand why: no other Donizetti work so clearly looks forward - particularly in its cabalettas - to the rousing Risorgimento spirit of Verdi's early works, and the fact that the Doge Faliero joins the populace of Venice in rising (unsuccessfully) against a corrupt oligarchy clearly was perceived at...
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