Prior to the original Poliuto being presented in Italy, a translation of Les martyrs appeared there as Paolina e Poliuto and then as Paolina e Severo (in Rome in December 1849),[REF] finally becoming I martiri.
Prior to 1860, and performances were given in some sixteen locations throughout Italy[REF] and "fairly regularly throughout the second half of the [19th] century"[REF] In a German translation, it was given in Vienna on 6 June 1841 under Donizetti's supervision [REF].