Performance History
Bellini later re-used substantial parts of the music of Zaira for his next opera I Capuleti e i Montecchi, which received its premiere in March 1830.
Except for a revival in 1836 in Florence, no performances were given for 140 years. However, Zaira was revived in 1976 in a reconstruction by Rubino Profeta at the Teatro Massimo Bellini in Catania with a cast including Renata Scotto and Giorgio Lamberti, and again in 1990 with Katia Ricciarelli and Ramón Vargas. Both productions were recorded.
Apart from presentations in 2006 at the Musiktheater im Revier in Gelsenkirchen, Germany, and as a concert performance at the 2009 Festival de Radio France et Montpellier in France, performances of the opera are rare.
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