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 * l Capuleti e i Montecchi** (the Capulets and the Montagues)

[|Vincenzo Bellini] wrote this opera in about six weeks after composer [|Giovanni Pacini] defaulted on his promise to write an opera for the Teatro La Fenice. Because Bellini was known to slave over every note he wrote, the haste of the composition required that he reuse music from a recent unsuccessful opera, Zaira. Bellini thoroughly reworked ten melodies from that opera to fit the text of //The Capulets and the Montagues.// In the 1800's, self-plagiarism was no obstacle; it was common for composers of the day to borrow from their earlier works, and Bellini was very skilled at adapting the melodies to new uses, even changing minor to major.

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__//CHARACTERS://__ Tebaldo - A Capulet, Giulietta's finance (tenor) Capellio - Head of the Capulets; father of Giulietta (bass) Lorenzo - Doctor and Capulet family friend (bass) Romeo - Head of the Montagues (mezzo-soprano) Giulietta - in love with Romeo (soprano) members of the Capulet family members of the Montague family maidens soldiers guards

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