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
Libretto: Salvatore Cammarano
Premièr at Teatro Argentina, Rome – 27 January 1849
26, 29 December 1959
Teatro La Fenice, Venezia
OPENING PERFORMANCE OF TEATRO ALLA FENICE DI VENEZIA
Conductor: Franco Capuano
Chorus master: Sante Zanon
Stage director: Franco Enriquez
Scene and costumes: Attilio Colonello
Frederick Barbarossa PAOLO WASHINGTON bass
First Consul of Milan GIOVANNI ANTONINI bass
Second Consul of Milan ALESSANDRO MADDELENA bass
The Mayor of Como MARIO FROSINI bass
Rolando Duke of Milan UGO SAVARESE baritone
Lida his wife LEYLA GENCER soprano
Arrigo a warrior from Verona PIER MIRANDA
FERRARO / LUIGI OTTOLINI tenor
Marcovaldo a German prisoner GIORGIO
GIORGETTI baritone
Imelda Lida’s servant ANNALINA BAZZANI mezzo-soprano
A Herald OTTORINO BEGALI tenor
Time: Twelfth Century
Place: Como and
Milan
Photos © FOTOGRAFIA S. MARCO, Venezia
Drawings © ATTILIO COLONELLO
