LUCREZIA BORGIA
Gaetano Donizetti (1797 - 1848)
Opera in two acts in Italian
Libretto: Felice Romani after Victor HugoPremièr at Teatro alla Scala, Milan – 26 December 1833
05†, 07 October - 06, 08 November 1974
Civic Opera, Dallas
OPENING PERFORMANCE OF DALLAS CIVIC OPERA
Conductor: Nicola Rescigno
Chorus master: n/a
Stage director: Tito Capobianco
Scene: Henry BardonCostumes: Peter Hall
Alfonso d’Este Duke of Ferrara MATTEO
MANUGUERRA baritone
Lucrezia Borgia LEYLA GENCER soprano Maffio Orsini TATIANA TROYANOS contralto
Gennaro young nobleman in the service of Venetian Republic JOSE CARRERAS tenor
Liverotto young nobleman in the service of Venetian Republic DENISS STRING tenor
Vitellozzo young nobleman in the service of Venetian Republic PIERO DE PALMA bass
Gazella DAVID CORNELL bass
Rustighello MELVIN BROWN tenor
Gubetta ENRICO CAMPI bass
Astolfo NICOLA ZACCARIA bass
Petrucci WILLIAM FLECH baritone
Time: Early Sixteenth Century
Place: Venice and Ferrara
† Recording date
Photos © BOB SMITH / LAURA GARZA PHOTOGRAPHY, Dallas

LUBBOCK AVALANCHE JOURNAL
1974.10.20
PRESS AND SUN BULLETIN
1974.10.25
READING EAGLE
1974.10.25
THE ANN ARBOR NEWS
1974.10.25
THE ATLANTA JOURNAL
1974.10.25
THE BAY CITY TIMES
1974.10.25
THE BEE
1974.10.25
THE BIRMINGHAM NEWS
1974.10.25
THE FLINT JOURNAL
1974.10.25
THE GADSTEN TIMES
1974.10.25
THE JOURNAL
1974.10.25
THE MORNING UNION
1974.10.28
ODESSA TEXAS
1974.10.31
THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS
1974.11.01
FORT WORTH STAR TELEGRAM
1974.11.02
COMPLETE RECORDING
1974.10.05
Recording Excerpts [1974.10.05]
Com'e bello! Quale incanto Prologue Scene III
Di pescatore ignobile Prologue Scene III
Cosi turbata? Act I Scene IV
Della duchessa ai prieghi Act I Scene VII
Infelice il veleno bevesti Act I Scene VII