It embraced, among other things, two premieres of operas by Donizetti, namely, Parisina (in the role of Ugo) at Florence in 1832, and, more significantly, Lucia di Lammermoor (in the role of Edgardo) at Naples' San Carlo in 1835.
Lázaro created the tenor roles of Mascagni's Parisina (1913, Scala) and Il piccolo Marat (1921, Costanzi), and Romani's Fedra (1915, Costanzi).
In 1425 Niccolò had both his wife Parisina and his illegitimate son Ugo executed on charges of adultery.
In 1836 Sacchi was committed to the Teatro Comunale di Bologna where she portrayed Eudora in Donizetti's Belisario and Imelda in Donizetti's Parisina among other roles.
He painted canvases depicting San Vincenzo de Paoli, Parisina, Cristoforo Colombo (Columbus), Byron, a depiction of The Prisoner of Chillon from Byron's poem, Galileo Galilei, Camoens, The Surprised Bather, and the Ultimate Riches.
Edward Gibbon told this story in his Miscellaneous Works, and George Byron wrote the poem Parisina in 1816.