In the nineteenth century, the Fenice was the site of numerous absolute premieres of works by Rossini (Tancredi, Sigismondo, Semiramide), Bellini (I Capuleti and Montecchi, Beatrice di Tenda), Donizetti (Belisario, Pia de 'Tolomei, Maria de Rudenz), Verdi (Ernani, Attila, Rigoletto, La traviata, Simon Boccanegra).