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Giovanna d'Arco

This opera comes as a prologue and three acts by the Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi and libretto by Temistocle Solera. Giovanna d'Arco premiered at the Teatro alla Scala in Milan in 1845.

The story, probably based on the play Die Jungfrau von Orleans by Schiller, takes place in France in 1429 and follows the life of the historical figure Joan of Arc, a French heroine who is convinced that she is responsible for leading the French troops to victory in the war against the English. Religion, love and forgiveness are some of the underlying elements in Verdi’s seventh opera, one of the least represented in the current operatic repertoire.