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LA TRAVIATA

Giuseppe Verdi (1813 - 1901)
Opera in three acts in Italian
Libretto: Francesco Maria Piave after Alexander Duma’s play La Dame aux Camélias
Premièr at Teatro la Fenice, Venice – 6 March 1853
02, 05 February 1956 
Teatro Municipale, Reggio Emilia

Conductor: Antonio Narducci
Chorus master: Oscar Leone
Stage director: Domenico Messina
Scene and costumes: Casa d'Arte Fiore

Alfredo Germont lover of Violetta CARLO ZAMPIGHI / ANTONIO ANNALORO tenor

Giorgio Germont his father CARLO TAGLIABUE / REMO IORI baritone
Gastone de Letorieres a young man about town  n/a tenor
Baron Douphol a rival of Alfredo EZIO BOSCHI baritone
Dr. Grenvil n/a bass
Marchese d’Obigny GINO BELLONI bass
Giuseppe servant to Violetta n/a tenor
Violetta Valery a courtesan LEYLA GENCER soprano
Flora Bervoix her friend LOLA PEDRETTI mezzo-soprano
Annina Violetta’s confident and maid ILIA TOMESANI soprano


Time: 1850
Place: Paris and vicinity

Photos © ALDINO CODELUPPI, Reggio-Emilia









CONTRACT FOR THE PERFORMANCES
1955.11.07
L'AVVENIRE d'ITALIA
1956.02.03

DON CARLO  

Giuseppe Verdi (1813 - 1901)                                      
Opera in four acts in Italian
Libretto: G. Méry and C. du Locle after Schiller
Premièr at Opéra, Paris – 11 March 1867
30 November - 02, 05 December 1962                                  
Teatro Comunale, Bologna  

TEATRO COMUNALE DI BOLOGNA
Opening Performance

Conductor: Tullio Serafin

Chorus master: Gaetano Riccitelli
Stage director: Domenico Messina
Scene and costumes: n/a
 
Elisabeth de Valois LEYLA GENCER soprano
Princess Eboli her lady-in-waiting NELL RANKIN mezzo-soprano
Don Carlos heir to the Spanish throne BRUNO PREVEDI tenor
Rodrigo Marquess of Posa DINO DONDI baritone
Philip II King of Spain NICOLA ZACCARIA bass
The Grand Inquisitor CARLO CAVA bass
A Monk ALFONSO MARCHICA bass
Tebaldo MARIA SUNARA soprano
Count Lerma FRANCO BORDONI tenor
The Royal Herald ALDO CAVALIEREI tenor
A heavenly voice n/a soprano
 
Time: Mid-Sixteenth Century
Place: France and Spain









OPERA NEWS                                      
1963 January

OPERA NEWS                                      
1963 February