from Prologo of the Italian opera
Lucrezia Borgia by Gaetano Donizetti
Libretto: Felice Romani
Role: Gennaro, a young nobleman who is, unbeknownst to him, the son of Lucrezia Borgia
Voice Part: tenor Fach: lyric tenor
Setting: Venice, Italy, early 1500's
Synopsis: Not knowing that she is his mother, Gennaro tells Lucrezia Borgia that he is apparently the son of a humble fisherman and was found by a knight who told him of his nobility.