Die Heimkehr des Verbannten
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LibrettistSiegfried Kapper/Gaetano Rossi
LanguageGerman (first in Italian)
Based onLe proscrit
by Frédéric Soulié
by Frédéric Soulié
Premiere
| Die Heimkehr des Verbannten Il proscritto | |
|---|---|
| Opera by Otto Nicolai | |
 Nicolai in 1842 | |
| Librettist | Siegfried Kapper/Gaetano Rossi |
| Language | German (first in Italian) |
| Based on | Le proscrit by Frédéric Soulié |
| Premiere | |
Die Heimkehr des Verbannten (The Return of the Banished, 1844), (originally Il proscritto, 1841), is an opera by Otto Nicolai.[1]
The libretto by Gaetano Rossi for Il proscritto, based on the play Le proscrit by Frédéric Soulié, had been given to Nicolai after being rejected by Verdi, this after Nicolai had rejected and given to Verdi Temistocle Solera's libretto for Nabucco. Whereas Verdi's opera was a triumph, Nicolai's, premiered 13 March 1841 at La Scala in Milan was a failure. On his return to Vienna Nicolai had Siegfried Kapper rework Rossi's libretto to produce Die Heimkehr des Verbannten, which premiered successfully on 3 February 1844 at the Theater am Kärntnertor in Vienna.
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