Francesca di Foix
| Francesca di Foix | |
|---|---|
| Opera by Gaetano Donizetti | |
Gaetano Donizetti c. 1835 | |
| Librettist | Domenico Gilardoni |
| Language | Italian |
| Based on | Life of Françoise de Foix |
| Premiere | |
Francesca di Foix is a melodramma giocoso (comic opera) in one act by Gaetano Donizetti with a libretto by Domenico Gilardoni based on one by Jean-Nicolas Bouilly and Emmanuel Mercier-Dupaty for Henri Montan Berton's 3-act opéra-comique Françoise de Foix, inspired by the life of Françoise de Foix.
It received its first performance on 30 May 1831 at the Teatro San Carlo, Naples.