Betly

Betly was an opera in two acts with a score by Domenico Gaetano Donizetti and a libretto that was a translation by Hippolyte Lucas of the original Italian words by Donizetti, who had based his work on the libretto of Le Châlet written by Eugène Scribe and Anne-Honoré-Joseph Duveyrier . Ultimately, the story had its source in the comedy of Goethe entitled Jeri und Baetely . Betly was one of Donizetti’s least successful compositions. It had its premiere on 27 December 1853 on a gala program given…