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

26 November 1959

Grand Opera, Philadelphia

Conductor: Giuseppe Bamboschek

Chorus master: n/a

Stage director: Antony Stivanello

Scene and costumes: Vn Horn, Inc. Louis Valentino
Properties: Zafero Studios
Ballet master and choreographer: William Sena

Alfredo Germont lover of Violetta CESARE VALETTI tenor

Giorgio Germont his father FRANCESCO VALENTINO baritone

Gastone de Letorieres a young man about town n/a tenor

Dr. Grenvil n/a bass

Baron Douphol a rival of Alfredo GIUSEPPE LOMBARDO baritone

Marchese d’Obigny n/a bass

Giuseppe servant to Violetta n/a tenor

Violetta Valery a courtesan LEYLA GENCER soprano

Flora Bervoix her friend SCHILLING mezzo-soprano

Annina Violetta’s confident and maid DORIS OKERAN soprano

Time: 1850

Place: Paris and vicinity

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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

28 November 1958

Grand Opera, Philadelphia

Conductor: Giuseppe Bamboschek

Chorus master: n/a

Stage director: Antony Stivanello

Scene and costumes: Vn Horn, Inc. Louis Valentino
Properties: Zafero Studios
Ballet master and choreographer: William Sena

Alfredo Germont lover of Violetta EUGENE CONLEY tenor

Giorgio Germont his father CORNELL MACNEIL baritone
Gastone de Letorieres a young man about town ANDREA VELIS tenor
Dr. Grenvil EDWARD DOE bass
Baron Douphol a rival of Alfredo ROBERT GREGORI baritone
Marchese d’Obigny WALTER KNETLAR bass
Giuseppe servant to Violetta n/a tenor
Violetta Valery a courtesan LEYLA GENCER soprano
Flora Bervoix her friend VERONICA PETRUSKY mezzo-soprano
Annina Violetta’s confident and maid DORIS OKERAN soprano
Spanish dancers NANCY KING, BRUCE MARKS

Time: 1850

Place: Paris and vicinity

Photos © MARK HAGMANN, Philadelphia

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LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR

Gaetano Donizetti (1797 - 1848)

Opera in two acts in Italian

Libretto: Salvatore Cammarano

Premièr at Teatro San Carlo, Naples – 26 September 1835

29 October 1959

Grand Opera, Philadelphia

 

Conductor: n/a

Chorus master: n/a

Stage director: n/a

Scene and costumes: n/a

 

Enrico (Lord Henry Ashton of Lammermoor) GIUSEPPE VALDENGO baritone

Lucia (Lucy) her sister LEYLA GENCER soprano

Edgardo (Edgar) master of Ravenswood GIUSEPPE CAMPORA tenor

Arturo (Lard Arthur Bucklaw) n/a tenor

Raimondo (Raymond) chaplain at Lammermoor NICOLA MOSCONA bass

Alisa (Alice) companion to Lucy n/a mezzo-soprano

Normanno (Norman) follower of Ashton n/a tenor

 

Time: About 1700

Place: Scotland

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