on themes from the opera for oboe and piano/orchestra (c. 1879). Recordings References Further reading Allitt, John Stewart (1991), Donizetti: in the light of Romanticism and the teaching of Johann Simon Mayr, Shaftesbury: Element Books, Ltd (UK); Rockport, Massachusetts: Element, Inc. (USA) Ashbrook, William (1982), Donizetti and His Operas, Cambridge University Press. Ashbrook, William and Sarah Hibberd (2001), in Holden, Amanda (ed.), The New Penguin Opera Guide, New York: Penguin Putnam. . pp. 224 – 247. Black, John (1982), Donizetti’s Operas in Naples, 1822—1848. London: The Donizetti Society. Loewenberg, Alfred (1970). Annals of Opera, 1597–1940, 2nd edition. Rowman and Littlefield Osborne, Charles, (1994), The Bel Canto Operas of Rossini, Donizetti, and Bellini, Portland, Oregon: Amadeus Press. Sadie, Stanley, (ed.); John Tyrell (exec. ed.) (2004), The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians. 2nd edition. London: Macmillan. (hardcover). (eBook). Weinstock, Herbert (1963), Donizetti and the World of Opera in Italy, Paris, and Vienna in the First Half of the Nineteenth Century, New York: Pantheon Books. External links Donizetti Society (London) website Libretto in Stanford University's OperaGlass (French) Libretto (French) Vocal score with Italian text , Katherine Ciesinski Operas by Gaetano Donizetti French-language operas Grand operas Operas 1840 operas Operas set in Spain Operas set in the 14th century Opera world premieres at the Paris Opera Operas based on plays Cultural depictions of Spanish kings