Tragedia lirica in a prologue and two acts
Libretto
Salvatore Cammarano, after the tragedy "Alzire" by Voltaire
Premiere
12 August 1845, Naples (Teatro San Carlo)
Cast
ALVARO (bass)
GUSMANO (baritone)
OVANDO (tenor)
ZAMORO (tenor)
ATALIBA (bass)
ALZIRA (soprano)
ZUMA (mezzo-soprano)
OTUMBO (tenor)
Spanish Officers and soldiers, Inkas
Place
Peru and Lima
Time
16th century