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I VESPRI SICILIANI

Giuseppe Verdi (1813 - 1901)

Opera in five acts in Italian

Libretto: Scribe & Charles Duyveyrier (French)
Premièr at the Opéra, Paris – 13 June 1855

02† January 1971

Teatro alla Scala, Milano

Conductor: Gianandrea Gavazzeni

Chorus master: Roberto Benaglio

Stage director: Giorgio De Lullo
Scene and costumes: Piere Luigi Pizzi

Elena (Helene) sister of Frederick of Austria LEYLA GENCER soprano

Arrigo (Henri) a young Sicilian GIORGIO LAMBERTI tenor
Guido di Monforte (Monfort) Governor of Sicily PIERO CAPPUCILLI baritone
Giovanni di Procida Sicilian doctor PAOLO WASHINGTON bass
de Béthune a French officer NINO CARTA baritone
Count Vaudemont a French officer ALFREDO GIACOMOTTI bass
Ninetta in attendance on Elena NELLA VERRI soprano
Danieli a young Sicilian AGUSTO VINCENTINI tenor
Tebaldo (Thibault) a French soldier PIERO DE PALMA tenor
Roberto (Robert) a French soldier GIOVANNI DE ANGELIS bass
Manfredo a Sicilian RINALDO PELLIZONI baritone

Time: 1282

Place: Palermo

† Recording date

Photos © ERIO PICCAGLIANI, Milano