Bon Jovi - Runaway

At that time, Liszt was harboring plans to create a full-fledged opera, which he had conceived as early as last year, setting aside "The Divine Comedy." The libretto was written by the Italian poet Rotondi on the plot of Byron's tragedy “Sardanapal” (Sardanapal). Liszt reported to L. Massar from Kiev: “My mother, to whom I just wrote a rather long letter, will devote you to my plans for the future. The delay with the libretto does not allow me to hope that my opera will be staged before spring. Liszt really began to compose the Sardanapalus, and again and again returned to it until 1851, when he finally gave up hope to someday finish this work, from which only sketches remained ...