Opera in 4 acts by Verdi to lib. by Royer and Vaëz being Fr. version (1847) of Verdi's opera I Lombardi alla prima crociata (1842). Little of Solera's orig. plot was kept, ballet was added, and much of the mus. material was re‐ordered, cut, and revised, with a considerable amount of new mus. (It. vers. is Gerusalemma.) Prod. Paris 1847, New Orleans 1850, La Scala 1850, Leeds (Opera North) 1990.




