IL TROVATORE    

Giuseppe Verdi (1813 - 1901)                                         

Opera in four acts in Italian

Libretto: Salvatore Cammarano from Spanish drama of the same tittle by Atonio Garcia Gutiérrez
Premièr at Teatro Apollo, Rome – 19 January 1853

10, 15 October 1959

Théâtre de Beaulieu, Lausanne

5. FESTIVAL d'OPERAS ITALIENS 

 

Orchestra e Coro del Teatro Comunale, Bologna

Conductor: Manno Wolf-Ferrari

Chorus master: n/a

Stage director: Augusto Cardi

 

Count di Luna UGO SAVARESE baritone

Ferrando di Luna’s captain of the guard ENRICO CAMPI bass

Manrico a chieftain under the Prince of Biscay and reputed son of Azucena UMBERTO BOISO tenor

Duchess Leonora lady-in-waiting to the Princess of Aragon LEYLA GENCER soprano

Ruiz a soldier in Manrico’s service MARIO FERRARA tenor

An Old Gypsy n/a baritone

Inez confident of Leonora VITTORIA MAGNAGNI soprano

Azucena a Biscayan gypsy woman LUCIA DANIELI mezzo-soprano

 
Time: Fifteenth Century
Place: Biscay and Aragon

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 

09 September 1968 (3 Performances)

Coliseo Albia, Bilbao

XXI. FESTIVAL DI OVIEDO 

Orquesta Sinfonica de Bilbao

Coros de la ABAO
Conductor: Manno Wolf Ferrari
Chorus master: n/a

Stage director: Arsenio Giunta

Scene and costumes: n/a

Amelia Boccanegra LEYLA GENCER soprano

Gabriele Adorno a patrician GIANFRANCO CECCHELE tenor
Simon Boccanegra a plebian later Doge GIUSEPPE TADDEI baritone
Jacopo Fiesco a patrician RUGGERO RAIMONDI bass
Paolo Albiani a plebeian NINO CARTA baritone
Pietro a plebeian GINO BELLONI bass
A Captain MARIO GUGGIA tenor
Un ancella di Amelia CARMEN RIGAY soprano

Time: Fourteenth Century

Place: In and near Genoa

OPERA MAGAZINE                                              

1968 August

ABAO RESUMEN HISTORICO

1953 - 2019 Historical Summary 

ERNANI

Giuseppe Verdi (1813 - 1901)      

Opera in four acts in Italian

Libretto: Francesco Maria Piave

Premièr at Teatro la Fenice, Venice  – 9 March 1844

03† September 1968 (3 Performances)

Coliseo Albia, Bilbao    

XXI. FESTIVAL DI OVIEDO 

Orquesta Sinfonica de Bilbao

Coros de la ABAO

Conductor: Manno Wolf Ferrari
Chorus master: n/a
Stage director: Arsenio Giunta
Scene: Efema y Ros
Costumes: Peris Hnos

Don Carlos King of Castile GIUSEPPE TADDEI baritone

Don Ruy Gomez de Silva Grandee of Spain RUGGERO RAIMONDI bass

Ernani or Joan of Aragon a bandid GIANFRANCO CECCHELE tenor

Don Riccardo esquire to the King MARIO GUGGIA tenor

Jago esquire to Silva GINO BELLONIbass

Elvira kinswoman to Silva LEYLA GENCER soprano [Role debut]

Giovanna in Elvira’s service SILVANA COSTA soprano

Time: Early Sixteenth Century

Place: Spain

† Recording date

Photos © GRAS, Bilbao

BACKSTAGE: with Montserrat Caballé after the Ernani performance  

1968.09.03

SIGHTSEEING WITH FRIENDS

1968.09.04

BACKSTAGE: with Montserrat Caballé after her Roberto Devereux performance  

1968.09.07

ABAO RESUMEN HISTORICO

1953 - 2012 Historical Summary 

ABAO RESUMEN HISTORICO

1953 - 2019 Historical Summary 

OPERA MAGAZINE                                            

1968 August

CORRIERE DELLA SERA                                                

1968.09.20                                                                                               

COMPLETE RECORDING                        

1968.09.03

Recording Excerpts [1968.09.03]         

Da quel dì che t'ho veduta Act I Scene II

O sommo arlo Act III

DON GIOVANNI

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791)

Opera in two acts in Italian

Libretto: Lorenzo de Ponte

Premièr at National Theatre, Prague – 29 October 1787

17†, 19 February 1963                               

Teatro dell'Opéra, Monte-Carlo   

Conductor: Manno Wolf Ferrari

Chorus master: n/a

Stage director: Margherita Wallmann

Scene and costumes: n/a

The Commandatore GIOVANNI FOIANI bass

Donna Anna his daughter LEYLA GENCER soprano
Don Ottavio her betrothed RICHARD HOLM tenor
Don Giovanni a young nobleman RENATO CAPECCHI baritone
Leporello his servant GERAINT EVANS bass
Donna Elvira a lady of Burgos ILVA LIGUABUE soprano
Zerlina a country girl MARIELLA ADANI soprano
Masetto her betrothed RENATO CESARI baritone

Time: Seventeenth Century

Place: Seville

† Recording date

OPERA MAGAZINE                                             

1963 January

OPERA MAGAZINE                                             

1963 July

CORRIERE DELLA SERA                                                

1963.08.31  

COMPLETE RECORDING                        

1963.02.17

Recording Excerpts [1963.02.17]                      

Or sai chi l'onore Act I Scene IV

Non mi dir bell'idol mio Act II Scene V