Editing Gaetano Donizetti (section)

===1838–1840: Donizetti abandons Naples for Paris===
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In October 1838, Donizetti moved to Paris vowing never to have dealings with the San Carlo again after the King of Naples banned the production of ''[[Poliuto]]'' on the grounds that such a sacred subject was inappropriate for the stage. In Paris, he offered ''Poliuto'' to the Opéra and it was set to a new and expanded four-act French-language libretto by [[Eugène Scribe]] with the title, ''[[Les Martyrs]]''. Performed in April 1840, it was his first [[grand opera]] in the French tradition and was quite successful. Before leaving that city in June 1840, he had time to oversee the translation of ''Lucia di Lammermoor'' into ''Lucie de Lammermoor'' as well as to write ''[[La fille du régiment]]'', his first opera written specifically to a French libretto. This became another success.