POLIUTO
Gaetano Donizetti (1797 - 1848)
Opera in three acts in Italian
Libretto: Salvatore Cammarano 
Premièr at Teatro San Carlo, Naples – 30 November 1848
26, 29 December 1960
Teatro alla Scala, Milano

Conductor: Antonino Votto
Chorus master: Norberto Mola
Stage director: Herbert Graf
Scene and costumes: Nicola Benois

Poliuto A Roman convert to Christianity FRANCO CORELLI tenor
Paolina his wife LEYLA GENCER soprano [Role debut]
Severo Roman Pronconcul ETTORE BASTIANINI baritone
Felice Paolina’s father RINALDO PELLOZINI bass
Callistene High Priest of Jupiter NICOLA ZACCARIA bass
Nearco A Christian PIERO DE PALMA tenor
First Christian VIRGILIO CARBONARI baritone
Second Christian GIUSEPPE MORRESI. baritone

Time: 259 AD
Place: Melitene

Photos © ERIO PICCAGLIANI, Milano 






CORRIERE DELLA SERA                                                  

1960.12.22
THE JAPAN TIMES                       
1960.12.28

OPERA MAGAZINE                         
1961 January

TTOK BELLETENİ No.228                        
1961 January

LA VENGUARDIA                           
1961.01.13

OPERA MAGAZINE                         
1961 February