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LA BATTAGLIA DI LEGNANO

Giuseppe Verdi (1813 - 1901)

Opera in three acts in Italian
Libretto: Salvatore Cammarano
Premièr at Teatro Argentina, Rome – 27 January 1849

08† March 1963 (4 Performances)

Teatro Verdi, Trieste

Conductor: Francesco Molinari-Pradelli

Chorus master: n/a

Stage director: Carlo Piccinato

Scene and costumes: Attilio Colonnello

Frederick Barbarossa MARCO STEFANONI bass
First Consul of Milan SILVIO MAJONICA bass
Second Consul of Milan ALESSANDRO MADDALENA bass
The Mayor of Como VITO SUSCA bass
Rolando Duke of Milan UGO SEVERESE baritone
Lida his wife LEYLA GENCER soprano
Arrigo a warrior from Verona JOAO GIBIN tenor
Marcovaldo a German prisoner ENZO VIARO baritone
Imelda Lida’s servant BRUNA RONCHINI mezzo-soprano
A Herald n/a tenor

Time: Twelfth Century

Place: Como and Milan

† Recording date

Photos © FOTO DE ROTA, Trieste