SUOR ANGELICA
Giacomo Puccini (1858 - 1924)
Opera in three acts in Italian
Libretto: Salvatore Cammarano after Ancelot
Premièr at Teatro San Carlo, Naples – 29 October 1837
Libretto: Salvatore Cammarano after Ancelot
Premièr at Teatro San Carlo, Naples – 29 October 1837
25†, 27, 29 April 1958
Teatro San Carlo, Napoli
Conductor: Tullio Serafin
Chorus master: Michele LauroStage director: Giovacchio Forzano
Scene and costumes: Ferdinando Ghelli
(from Teatro Comunale di Firenze)
Suor Angelica LEYLA GENCER soprano [Role
debut]
The Princess, her aunt NEDA MONTE contraltoMaestra VERA MAGRINI mezzo-soprano
Suor Genovieffa NUNZIA MOSCA soprano
La Badessa MARIA SUNARE mezzo-soprano
La suora zelatrice JOLE DE MARIA mezzo-soprano
Suor Osmina n/a soprano
Suor Dolcina n/a mezzo-soprano
La suora infermiera n/a mezzo-sopranos
Nursing Sister n/a soprano
La maestra delle novizie n/a mezzo-soprano
La novizie soprano e mezzo-soprano
Time: Seventeenth Century
Place: The cloisters of a nunnery
† Recording date
Photos © FOTO TRONCONE, Napoli
COMPLETE RECORDING
1958.04.25