el io ▁came ▁from ▁his ▁libre tt ist ▁and , ▁entering ▁into ▁a ▁contract ▁with ▁his ▁publish er , ▁Ric ord i , ▁he ▁agreed ▁to ▁proceed , ▁leaving ▁the ▁decision ▁as ▁to ▁the ▁location ▁of ▁the ▁premi ere ▁to ▁Ric ord i . ▁This ▁became ▁the ▁Teatro ▁Grande ▁( now ▁the ▁Teatro ▁Comun ale ▁Giuseppe ▁Ver di ) ▁in ▁ ▁Tri este ▁and , ▁in ▁spite ▁of ▁difficulties ▁with ▁the ▁cens ors ▁which ▁resulted ▁in ▁cut s ▁and ▁changes , ▁the ▁opera ▁ ▁– ▁Ver di ' s ▁ 1 6 th ▁– ▁was ▁first ▁performed ▁on ▁ 1 6 ▁November ▁ 1 8 5 0 . ▁ ▁Com position ▁history ▁ ▁Before ▁Lu isa ▁Miller ▁was ▁st aged ▁in ▁Nap les , ▁Ver di ▁had ▁offered ▁the ▁San ▁Carlo ▁company ▁another ▁work ▁for ▁ 1 8 5 0 , ▁with ▁the ▁new ▁opera ▁to ▁be ▁based ▁on ▁Victor ▁Hugo ' s ▁Le ▁roi ▁s ' am use ▁from ▁a ▁libre tto ▁to ▁be ▁written ▁by ▁Salv ad ore ▁Cam mar ano . ▁But ▁his ▁experience ▁with ▁Lu isa ▁was ▁such ▁that ▁he ▁decided ▁not ▁to ▁purs ue ▁this , ▁and ▁approached ▁his ▁publish er , ▁Giul io ▁Ric ord i , ▁with ▁the ▁proposal ▁that ▁he ▁should ▁work ▁with ▁the ▁libre tt ist ▁on ▁the ▁possibility ▁of ▁an ▁opera , ▁Re ▁Lear , ▁which ▁would ▁be ▁based ▁on ▁Shakespeare ' s ▁King ▁Lear ▁and ▁which ▁had ▁long ▁been ▁on ▁Ver di ' s ▁mind . ▁However , ▁by ▁June ▁ 1