Leyla Gencer Archive

POLIUTO

Gaetano Donizetti (1797 - 1848)

Opera in three acts in Italian

Libretto: Salvatore Cammarano
Premièr at Teatro San Carlo, Naples – 30 November 1848

15 January 1961

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
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