FRANCESCA DA RIMINI
Riccardo Zandonai (1883 - 1944)
Opera four acts in Italian
Libretto: Riccardo Zandonai after d’Annunzio’s play of the same name.
Premièr at Teatro Regio, Turin – 19 February 1914
31 October 1956
Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles
Conductor: Oliviero de Fabritiis
Chorus master: Gianni Lazzari
Stage director: Carlo Maestrini
Stage setting and lighting: Leo Kerz
Scene and costumes: Goldstein & Co.
Francesca, the doughter of Guido Minore of Polenta
LEYLA GENCER soprano
Samaritana, the doughter of Guido Minore of Polenta
JEANNINE CRADER soprano
Ostasio, the son of Guido Minore of Polenta
CARL PALANGI baritone
Giovanni lo Sciancato, son of Malatesta of
Verrucchio ANSELMO COLZANI baritone
Paolo il Bello, son of Malatesta of Verrucchio RICHARD
MARTELL tenor
Malatestino dall’occhio, son of Malatesta of
Verrucchio CESARE CURZI tenor
Biancofiore, Francesca’s woman MARY GRAY soprano
Garsenda, Francesca’s woman JAN MCART soprano
Altichiara, Francesca’s woman MARGARET ROGGERO mezzo-soprano
Donella, Francesca’s woman ROSALIND NADELL mezzo-soprano
The Slave, Francesca’s woman KATHERINE
HILGENBERG contralto
Ser Toldo Berardegno, a lawyer ALESSIO DE
PAOLIS tenor
A Jester HEINZ BLANKENBURG bass
An Archer CHRIS LACHONA tenor
A Torchbearer MURRAY KENIG baritone
Voice of a Prisoner VIRGINIO ASSANDRI tenor
Time: End of Thirteenth Century
Place: Ravenna, Rimini
LOS ANGELES TIMES
1956.08.12
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1956.09.30
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1956.09.30
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1956.10.07
LOS ANGELES EVENING NEWS
1956.10.13
MIRROR NEWS
1956.10.16
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1956.10.25
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1956.10.31
MIRROR NEWS
1956.10.31
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1956.11.01
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1956.11.02
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1956.11.02
MUSICAL AMERICA
1956.12.01
