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
03 January 1960
Teatro La Fenice, Venezia
Conductor: Franco Capuano
Chorus master: Sante Zanon
Stage director: Franco Enriquez
Stage director: Franco Enriquez
Scene and costumes: Attilio Colonello
Frederick Barbarossa PAOLO WASHINGTON bass
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 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
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 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