Talk:Les vêpres siciliennes

Naming of characters in 3 different versions
It seems to me that the 3 versions - (1) original French, (2) 1855 Italian translation but relocating the action to Portugal, and (3) reversion to Italian trans. of original French names after about 1861 - need to be reflected here, given that most of us are accustomed to seeing/hearing I vespri in its #3 version.

As it stood, the "Roles Box" did not reflect #3, so I have added in the 3 versions of the names where it is appropriate. My RCA recording under Levine has limited translations for several of the smaller characters (e.g. Ninetta). My DVD version under Muti does not even list a cast of characters, but, throughout the body of the synopsis, it uses the Post-1861 naming convention.

Any helpful changes or comments will be appreciated. Even an 1861 cast in version #3 would be great! And we could add it to the "roles box" Viva-Verdi (talk) 22:40, 30 November 2008 (UTC)

Greetings. I don't know where to put this, so I'm directing you to an extant recording and leaving it in your eminently capable hands. http://www.metoperafamily.org/metopera/broadcast/display.aspx?ID=10986&catid=73 Would that I had $150.00 to purchase this. I'm listening to I Vespri right now on Sirius satellite Met Opera Radio, the Dec. 11th 2004 performance. What a treat!Ann.landrey (talk) 01:28, 11 February 2011 (UTC) The complete list of Met Historic Broadcast Recordings is here: http://www.metoperafamily.org/metopera/broadcast/catalog.aspx?id=73 Ann.landrey (talk) 01:38, 11 February 2011 (UTC)

Italian First Performance Discrepancy
The text says first performance of the Italian version was given at the Teatro Regio, Parma on 26 December 1855. In the table for the first-night casts, the location for that date is La Fenice, Venice. Who can resolve the discrepancy definitively? - in which case the source(s) need to be cited - or at least the conflicting evidence should be included in the article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kromholz (talk • contribs) 23:39, 25 May 2011 (UTC)


 * Parma is correct and I've altered the table. Casaglia's Almanacco shows which Italian houses gave their first performances of Giovanna di Guzman here and the Venice first performance came (after those in Turin and Milan) on 16 February 1856.  The Almanacco isn't always totally accurate, but it looks OK here.  There is already a citation after the name of the conductor in the Roles table. --GuillaumeTell 10:37, 26 May 2011 (UTC)

It's far from earth-shattering, but elsewhere Wikipedia acknowledges that Donizetti actually began a setting of "Le Duc d'Albe" which remained incomplete on his death. There would appear to have been three attempts at completion, all of which have been staged. As it stands, the text of this article implies Donizetti turned it down. Perhaps rephrasing would be in order. Delahays (talk) 14:18, 20 January 2013 (UTC)

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If you are going to use an image of a shellac 78, reading the label might be a good idea. It's not of an "aria", but one side of what must have been a "version" of the "sinfonia" - i.e. Verdi's overture, in which, you may be surprised to learn, no singer appearsDelahays (talk) 13:48, 5 July 2021 (UTC)