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
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



 


GENCER ALLA FENICE 

LA BATTAGLIA DI LEGNANO 
STAGIONE 1959 – 1960
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