Which of these two act operas, Lucrezia Borgia or Il pirata, was based on a three-act melodrame?
Lucrezia Borgia (opera) Lucrezia Borgia is a melodramatic opera in a prologue and two acts by Gaetano Donizetti. Felice Romani wrote the Italian libretto after the play "Lucrezia Borgia" by Victor Hugo, in its turn after the legend of Lucrezia Borgia. "Lucrezia Borgia" was first performed on 26 December 1833 at La Scala, Milan.
Pimmalione Pimmalione ("Pygmalion") is an opera in one act by Luigi Cherubini, first performed at the Théâtre des Tuileries, Paris on 30 November 1809. The libretto is an adaptation by Stefano Vestris of Antonio Simone Sografi's Italian translation of the text Jean-Jacques Rousseau wrote for his "scène lyrique" "Pygmalion" (1770). It is based on the Classical legend of the sculptor Pygmalion.