Overshadowed like other Italian opera composers of his period by the genius of Verdi, Marchetti achieved one great success with his 1869 opera - Ruy Blas -which was based on Victor Hugo's play, Ruy Blas.
Ruy Lopez | Ruy Guerra | Ruy Blas | Blas de Hinojos | Ruy López de Villalobos | Ruy López de Segura | Gil Blas | San Blas, Nayarit | San Blas | Ruy Ramos | Ismael Blas Rolón Silvero | Gnoo Blas circuit | ''Game of Chess between Ruy López de Segura | Blas Parera | Blas Elias | Blas de Prado |
On 8 November 1838, Hugo's Ruy Blas starring Frédérick Lemaître had a triumphant premiere, and the French version of Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor was produced there in August 1839.