Leyla Gencer Archive: Wallmann

TOSCA

Giacomo Puccini (1858 - 1924)

Opera in three acts in Italian
Text by Giacosa and Illica after the play by Sardou
Premièr at Teatro Castonzi, Roma – 14 January 1900

07 April 1961

Staatsoper, Wien

Conductor: Berislav Klobucar

Chorus master: Roberto Benaglio

Stage director: Margherita Wallmann

Scene and costumes: Nicola Benois

Floria Tosca a celebrated singer LEYLA GENCER soprano
Mario Cavaradossi a painter DIMITRY USUNOW tenor
Baron Scarpia Chief of Police ALDO PROTTI baritone
Cesare Angelotti a political prisoner KARL WEBER bass
A Sacristan KARL DÖNCH baritone
Spoletta a police agent KURT EQUILUZ tenor
Sciarrone a gendarme HARALD PRÖGLHÖF bass
Roberti FRITZ SIDL

A Gaoler FRANZ BIERBACH bass
A Shepherd Boy EIN SANGERKNABE contralto

Time: June 1800
Place: Rome

SIMON BOCCANEGRA

Giuseppe Verdi (1813 - 1901)

Opera in three acts in Italian

Libretto: Francesco Maria Piave from a play by Gutiérrez
Premièr at Teatro La Fenice, Venice – 12 March 1857

01, 05, 07, 12 April 1966

Teatro alla Scala, Milano

Conductor: Gianandrea Gavazzeni
Chorus master: Roberto Benaglio
Stage director: Margherita Wallmann
Scene and costumes: Nicola Benois

Amelia Boccanegra LEYLA GENCER soprano
Gabriele Adorno a patrician FERRANDO FERRARI tenor
Simon Boccanegra a plebian later Doge GIANGIACOMO GUELFI baritone
Jacopo Fiesco a patrician IVO VINCO bass
Paolo Albiani a plebeian ROLANDO PANERAI baritone
Pietro a plebeian ANTONIO ZERBINI bass
A Captain GIUSEPPE BERTINAZZO tenor
Un ancella di Amelia MIRELLA FIORENTINI soprano

Time: Fourteenth Century
Place: In and near Genoa

Photos © ERIO PICCAGLIANI, Milano

Sketches © NICOLA BENOIS