Trailer of the premiere on february 23, 2009 at the bavarian state oper, munich musical direction. There is zero evidence to indicate cesare and lucrezia borgia had an incestuous relationship. Lucrezia borgia 18 april 1480 24 june 1519 was the daughter of pope alexander vi, and his longterm mistress vannozza dei cattanei. The secret nights of lucrezia borgia poster 1 goldposter.
No single portrait of lucrezia borgia captures her contradictory nature more than an allegorical painting by titian that hangs in the borghese gallery in rome. Lucrezia borgia, an 1833 play written by victor hugo. Lucrezia borgia bayerische staatsoper 2016 production. In actuality, she was simply used by her father and brother to further their own political goals. Lucrezia borgia simple english wikipedia, the free. Lucrezia borgia, duchess of ferrara 1480 1519 genealogy.
An archive of our own, a project of the organization for transformative works. Following the advice of his chief adviser niccolo macchiavelli, cesare borgia decides to attempt to unify the country in order to become even more powerful. In 1519, at the age of 39 and after experiencing complications with giving birth to her eighth child, lucrezia borgia, herself, succumbed to death though she had already long outlived the contaminated, bloodstained legacy that her father laid down before his. Isabella maria deste born an died on 14 juin 1519 complications at birth caused the daith o lucrezia ten days later. Lucrezia borgia italian noblewoman and patron of the arts duchess of ferrara, borgia. One of the borgia popes first acts, in 1492, is to appoint cesare archbishop of valencia, following this with a cardinals hat in 1493. Mercilessly cruel and defiantly decadent, the borgias use bribery, simony, intimidation and murder in their relentless quest for wealth and power that. Lucrezia borgias history is full of stories of incest, poison, murder but lucrezia borgia was a victim of her father the pope and her cruel and vicious brother cesare. Two of them, cesare and lucrezia, are the means by which alexander vi, as pope, attempts to advance the family fortunes. Cesare borgialucrezia borgia works archive of our own. After her father became pope she was married to giovanni sforza in 1493 at the age of. Filmed in 1935, lucrezia borgia ran into censorship problems in england thanks to its implicit antipapal stance, italy and germany, holding up its international release for nearly two years.
In every case, faunce portrays lucrezia believably, with wit and sensitivity. They killed her husbands because they no longer could benefit them. Lucrezia borgia is a melodramatic opera in a prologue and two acts by gaetano donizetti. Lucrezia borgia biography life, family, children, history. Lucrezia borgia is born 18 april 1480 on this day in 1480, lucrezia borgia was born as an illegitimate child of the spanish cardinal rodrigo borgia, who later became pope alexander vi, and vannozza dei cattanei, one of his many roman mistresses. Juliane haid was born in vienna on 16 august 1895, the first child to georg haid 18641951 and juliane haid 18731939. Yet, as bestselling biographer sarah bradford reveals in this breathtaking new portrait, the truth is far more fascinating than the myth. Lucrezia lucretia borgia 1480 1519 political pawn or machiavellian villain. Cesares contribution is by warfare, intrigue and murder lucrezias by marriage. The very name lucrezia borgia conjures up everything that was sinister and corrupt about the renaissanceincest, political assassination, papal sexual abuse, poisonous intrigue, unscrupulous power grabs. Borgia, lucrezia article about borgia, lucrezia by the. Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. Her brothers included cesare borgia, giovanni borgia, and gioffre borgia lucrezias family was typical of the ruthless machiavellian politics and sexual corruption of the times. Choar e oa da cesare borgia, a voe ivez kardinal, ha dug valentinois ha romagna.
Lucrezia borgia, an italian film directed by gerolamo lo savio. Lucrezia borgia bayerische staatsoper 2016 lucrezia. Check out our new thankyou gifts celebrating ao3s hugo award win. Lucrezias family was typical of the ruthless machiavellian politics and sexual corruption of the. She had two younger sisters, grit, who also became an actress, and johanna 19031964. Haid trained both as a dancer and singer and became the epitome of the su. It was alleged to be characteristic of the renaissance papacy. Cesare lucrezia the borgias one who desires the other. Lucrezia borgia was born on april 18, 1480, the daughter of cardinal rodrigo borgia c. She had three political marriages, arranged for her familys advantage, and likely had several adulterous alliances. Lucrezia borgia, duchess of ferrara, earned a reputation as a political schemer in fifteenth century italy. Lucrezia borgia 14801519, dancing at the court of the pope alexander vi, her father and plotter of her three political marriages.
Borgia, lucrezia synonyms, borgia, lucrezia pronunciation, borgia, lucrezia translation, english dictionary definition of borgia, lucrezia. Her brother was the notorious despot cesare borgia. At the end of the 15th century, rome is ruled ruthlessly by power mad and sex hungry cesare borgia, the eldest son of pope alexander vi. Donate today and show your support for the archive. Mercilessly cruel and defiantly decadent, the borgias use bribery, simony, intimidation and murder in their relentless quest for wealth and power that make them historys most infamous crime family. The series is set in renaissanceera italy and follows the borgia family in their scandalous ascension to the papacy. Apr 14, 2020 lucrezia borgia, italian noblewoman and a central figure of the infamous borgia family of the italian renaissance. He even persuaded pope sixtus iv to pronounce cesare legitimate so that he could hold an office in the church. Lucrezia borgia april 18, 14801519 june 24 was the daughter of rodrigo borgia, the powerful renaissance valencian who later became pope alexander vi, and vannozza dei cattanei. In 1519, at the age of 39 and after experiencing complications with giving birth to her eighth child, lucrezia borgia, herself, succumbed to death though she had already long outlived the contaminated, bloodstained legacy that her father laid down before his own horrific end, being accidentally poisoned by his own son. Borgia, lucrezia definition of borgia, lucrezia by the free dictionary. Lucrezia borgia was born on 18 april 1480 at subiaco, near rome. This was slander on the part of the many people who didnt like the way pope alexander vi was running the catholic church.
Her brothers included cesare borgia, giovanni borgia, and gioffre borgia lucrezia s family was typical of the ruthless machiavellian politics and sexual corruption of the times. Lucrezia borgia was a woman who has been shamefully and undeservedly maligned for centuries and whose few champions have been only very moderately successful in setting the record straight. Library journal hundreds of years after her death, lucrezia borgia remains one of the most enigmatic and notorious women of history, accused of incest, of poisoning her rivals, and even of murdering her own father. Her brothers included cesare borgia, giovanni borgia, and gioffre borgia. He already had four children by a selection of mistresses and cesare was the first of four others he would father by vannozza catanei. Lucrezia borgia has been the subject of several films including a 1935 french film starring edwige feuillere, and bride of vengence 1949 starring paulette goddard.
Lucrezia borgia is not one of donizettis masterpieces, but it nonetheless can be enormously stageworthy. Lucrezia was born in subiaco, italy to cardinal rodrigo borgia and roman mistress vannozza dei catanei. The task of raising lucrezia, however, was given to rodrigos cousin, the widow adriana damila. Despite a wonderful piece or two for tenor and baritone and the justly famous il segreto for mezzo, most of the burden falls upon the shoulders of the heroine. Lucrezia borgia simple english wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Daughter of pope alexander vi and sister of cesare, she is often accused of sharing in their many crimes and excesses but was more likely just an instrument for their ambitious projects. Before the age of, she was engaged to two spanish princes. Overzealous, in the circle of his young friends, he disgraces her name. Felice romani wrote the italian libretto after the play lucrezia borgia by victor hugo, in its turn after the legend of lucrezia borgia. Borgia, lucrezia definition of borgia, lucrezia by the. It was based on a novel by harry sheff, and portrayed the life of the renaissance italian aristocrat lucrezia borgia 14801519. Lucrezia borgia s history is full of stories of incest, poison, murder but lucrezia borgia was a victim of her father the pope and her cruel and vicious brother cesare. Lucrezia borgia subiaco, 18 ebrel 1480 ferrara, 24 mezheven 1519 a oa merch da rodrigo borgia, kardinal spagnol hag a voe pab dindan an anv a alesant vi, ha da vannozza dei cattanei.
Lucrezia borgia, an italian silent film directed by augusto genina. Lucrezia borgia, an 1833 opera composed by gaetano donizetti. The stories about the lucrezia borgia s life ruthless manipulator, possessor of a poison ring, sexual predator often overshadow the more nuanced and fascinating story of her life. Lucrezia borgia, italian noblewoman and a central figure of the infamous borgia family of the italian renaissance. Daughter of pope alexander vi and sister of cesare, she is often accused of sharing in their many crimes and excesses but was more. References eedit eedit soorce bellonci, maria 2003. Lucrezia borgia is a 1922 german silent historical film directed by richard oswald and starring conrad veidt, liane haid, paul wegener, and albert bassermann. Did cesare borgia and lucrezia borgia have an affair. As in lucia, if there isnt a great lucrezia, its not a great lucrezia. Her son gennaro falls in love at first sight with her unaware that she is his mother. It is, indeed, a cruel irony that this woman, who was the least awful of her clan, has received a reputation as being among its worst. The stories about the lucrezia borgias life ruthless manipulator, possessor of a poison ring, sexual predator often overshadow the more nuanced and fascinating story of her life. She was born on april 18, 1480, the illegitimate daughter of future pope alexander vi, then cardinal rodrigo borgia and his longtime mistress vannozza dei cattanei.
Lucrezia borgia, brewer of poisons, adulteress and murderer, does her best to live up to an image of womankind created by men, and just as passionately she does whatever she can to find a new identity. Lucrezia borgia april 18, 1480june 24, 1519 was the illegitimate daughter of pope alexander vi rodrigo borgia by one of his mistresses. Lucrezia borgia, a german film directed by richard oswald. Lucrezia borgia or lucrecia borgia april 14 or april 18, 1480 june 24, 1519 was the daughter of rodrigo borgia, the powerful renaissance spaniard who would later become pope alexander vi and vannozza cattanei. Lucrezia borgia 14801519 was an italian aristocrat lucrezia borgia may also refer to. German contributor names donizetti, gaetano 17971848 composer romani, felice, 17881865.