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L'ANGE DE FEU [L'Angelo del fuoco]

Sergei Prokofiev (1891 - 1953)

Opera in five acts and seven tableaux in French [Sung in Italian]
Libretto: Sergei Prokofiev from a noven by Valery Briusoff
Premièr at Théatre des Champs Elysées, Paris – 25 November 1954

12 December 1959 (4 Performances)

Teatro Verdi, Trieste

Conductor: Gabor Ötvös
Chorus master: Alfredo Fanfani

Stage director: Remo della Pergola

Scene and costumes: Paul Sylbert (from Festival dei Due Mondi, Spoleto)

Ruprecht, a knight ROLANDO PANERAI baritone

The Hostess of the Inn LUCIA GRIMALDI contralto
Renata LEYLA GENCER soprano
The Servant at the Inn SCIPIONE COLOMBO baritone
The Sorceress ANNA MARIA CANALI mezzo-soprano
Jakob Glock RAIMONDO BOTTEGHELLI tenor
Agrippa von Nettelsheim, a philosopher FLORINDO ANDREOLLI tenor
Mathias ANTONIO BOYER baritone
The Doctor RAIMONDO BOTTEGHELLI baritone
Mephistopheles MARIO CARLIN tenor
Faust MARIO BORRIELLO baritone
The Innkeeper at Cologne ARTURO LA PORTA baritone
The Mother Superior BRUNA RONCHINI mezzo-soprano
The Inquisitor ETTORE GERI bass
Two young Nuns n/a sopranos

Time: Sixteenth Century

Place: Cologne, Germany

Photos © FOTO DE ROTA, Trieste