Are Lucia di Lammermoor and Médée both tragic operas?
Lucia di Lammermoor Lucia di Lammermoor is a "dramma tragico" (tragic opera) in three acts by Gaetano Donizetti. Salvadore Cammarano wrote the Italian-language libretto loosely based upon Sir Walter Scott's historical novel "The Bride of Lammermoor".
Helmina von Chézy Helmina von Chézy (26 January 178328 February 1856), née Wilhelmine Christiane von Klencke, was a German journalist, poet and playwright. She is known for writing the libretto for Carl Maria von Weber's opera "Euryanthe" (1823) and the play "Rosamunde", for which Franz Schubert composed incidental music.