Marino Faliero [SEP] position held
Marino Faliero
Marino Faliero (1274 – 17 April 1355) was the 55th Doge of Venice, appointed on 11 September 1354.
He was sometimes referred to simply as Marin Falier (Venetian rather than standard Italian) or Falieri. He was executed for attempting a coup d'etat.
Biography.
Faliero was a naval and military commander and then a diplomat before being elected doge in succession to Andrea Dandolo. The populace of Venice was at that time disenchanted with the ruling aristocrats who were blamed for a recent naval defeat
Marino Faliero (opera)
Marino Faliero (or "Marin Faliero") is a "tragedia lirica", or tragic opera, in three acts by Gaetano Donizetti. Giovanni Emanuele Bidera wrote the Italian libretto, with revisions by Agostino Ruffini, after Casimir Delavigne's play. It is inspired by Lord Byron's drama "Marino Faliero" (1820) and based on the life of Marino Faliero ("c."1285-1355), the Venetian Doge.
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