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Alzira

roh, jULY '96 Gusmano, Governor of Peru Alexandru Agache Ataliba leader of a Peruvian tribe Andrew Greenan Zuma Alzira's maid Susan Parry Alzira Ataliba's daughter Verónica Villarroel

AROLDO ROH JULY 95

Music title: Aroldo (1857) Librettist: Francesco Maria Piave After: After the play by Emile Souvestre and Eugène Bougeois 'Le Pasteur ou l'Évangile et le foyer' (1849). Revision of Verdi's opera 'Stiffelio' (1850). Language: Italian World premiere: 16 August 1857, Teatro Nuovo, Rimini ROH premiere: 19 July 1995, The Royal Opera ROH company premiere: 19 July 1995, The Royal Opera, Ro

Attila

13 October 1990 Evening Opera: Performance details Company: The Royal Opera Venue: Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London Composer Giuseppe Verdi Music title: Attila (1846) Librettist Temistocle Solera Librettist Francesco Maria Piave Director Elijah Moshinsky Set designer Michael Yeargan Costume designer Michael Yeargan Lighting designer Robert Bryan Choreographer Eleanor Fazan Performance status: Original season Conductor Edward Downes Chorus Director Robin Stapleton Leader Hugh Maguire Cast Attila King of the Huns Ruggero Raimondi Uldino one of Attila's men Ramon Remedios Odabella daughter of the Lord of Aquileia Josephine Barstow Ezio a Roman General Giorgio Zancanaro Foresto an Aquileian knight Dennis O'N

Giovanna d'Arco 24 June 1996 Evening Opera: Performance details Company: The Royal Opera Venue: Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London Composer Giuseppe Verdi Music title: Giovanna d'Arco (1845) Librettist Temistocle Solera Director Philip Prowse Set designer Philip Prowse Costume designer Philip Prowse Lighting designer Gerry Jenkinson Performance status: Original season Conductor Daniele Gatti Chorus Director Terry Edwards Leader Vasko Vassilev Cast Delil an officer of the King John Dobson Carlo VII King of France Dennis O'Neill Giacomo  Vladimir Chernov Giovanna Giacomo's daughter June Anderson Talbot commander of the English army

I Lombardi alla prima crociata 25 May 1976 Evening Opera: Performance details Company: The Royal Opera Venue: Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London Composer Giuseppe Verdi Music title: I Lombardi alla prima crociata (1843) Librettist Temistocle Solera Producer András Mikó Set designer Gábor Forray Costume designer Peter Makai Lighting designer András Mikó Lighting designer Bill McGee Choreographer Romayne Grigorova Performance status: Original season Conductor Lamberto Gardelli Chorus Master Robin Stapleton Leader Charles Taylor Cast Arvino son of Folco, Lord of Rò Ezio di Cesare Pagano son of Folco, Lord of Rò Nicola Ghiuselev Viclinda wife of Arvino Elizabeth Connell Giselda her daughter Sylvia Sass Pirro Arvino's esquire Michael Langdon Councillor of the City of Milan  John Dobson Acciano, Ruler of Antioch  Robert Lloyd Oronte his son José Carreras Sofia wife of Acciano, secretly converted to Christianity Heather Begg Nuns, Monks, Assassins, Palace Guards, Saracen Guards, Crusading Knights and Warriors, Pilgrims, Women of Lombardy, Women of the Harem, Celestial Voices  The Royal Opera Chorus

I masnadieri 30 September 2002 Evening Opera: Performance details Company: The Royal Opera Venue: Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London Composer Giuseppe Verdi Music title: I masnadieri (1847) Librettist Andrea Maffei Director Elijah Moshinsky Set designer Paul Brown Costume designer Paul Brown Lighting designer Howard Harrison Performance status: Original season Conductor Edward Downes Chorus Director Terry Edwards Guest Leader Janice Graham Cast Count Massimiliano  René Pape Carlo his son Franco Farina Francesco brother to Carlo Dmitri Hvorostovsky Amalia an orphan, the Count's niece Paula Delligatti Arminio the Count's treasurer Edgaras Montvidas Moser  Eric Halfvarson

Nabucco 23 March 1972 Evening Opera: Performance details Company: The Royal Opera Venue: Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London Composer Giuseppe Verdi Music title: Nabucco [Nabucodonosor] (1842) Librettist Temistocle Solera Producer Václav Kašlík Set designer Josef Svoboda Costume designer Jan Skalický Lighting designer William Bundy Performance status: Original season Conductor Colin Davis Chorus Master Douglas Robinson Leader Charles Taylor Leader Peter Gibbs Cast Zaccaria High Priest of the Hebrews David Ward Ismaele nephew of the King of Jerusalem Ermanno Mauro Fenena daughter of Nabucco Maria Pellegrini Abigaille a slave believed to be the daughter of Nabucco Elena Suliotis Anna sister of Zaccaria Marie Hayward Nabucco King of Babylon Peter Glossop

Nabucco 9 April 1996 Evening Opera: Performance details Company: The Royal Opera Venue: Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London Composer Giuseppe Verdi Music title: Nabucco [Nabucodonosor] (1842) Librettist Temistocle Solera Director Tim Albery Set designer Antony McDonald Costume designer Antony McDonald Lighting designer Wolfgang Göbbel Performance status: Original season Conductor Wladimir Jurowski Chorus Director Terry Edwards Leader John Brown Cast Zaccaria High Priest of the Hebrews Samuel Ramey Anna Zaccaria's sister Jennifer Rhys- Davies Fenena daughter of Nabucco Leah-Marian Jones Ismaele nephew of Sedecia, King of Jerusalem Dennis O'Neill Abigaille slave, presumed to be the eldest daughter of Nabucco Nina Rautio Nabucco King of Babylon Alexandru Agache

Synopsis

 * Place: Stankar's castle by the river Salzbach, Austria''
 * Time: The beginning of the 19th Century

Act 1
Scene 1: A hall in Count Stankar's castle


 * "Vidi dovunque gemere" - Stiffelio in Act I, Scene 1
 * "A te ascenda, O Dio clemente" - Lina in Act I, Scene 1
 * "Ah v'appare in fronte scritto" - Stiffelio in Act I, Scene 1
 * "Di qua varcando sul primo albore" - Stiffelio in Act I, Scene 1

Scene 2: The same some hours later

Act 2
A graveyard near the castle


 * "Ah dagli scanni eternei" - Lina in Act II, Scene 1
 * "Perder dunque voi volete" - Lina in Act II, Scene 1

Act 3
Scene 1: A room in Count Stankar's Castle


 * "Lina pensai che un angelo" - Stankar in Act III, Scene 1
 * "O gioia inesprimibile" - Stankar in Act III, Scene 1

Scene 2: A church

Stiffelio, a Protestant minister, is the head of a sect and renowned for his goodness, faith and religious speaking. He is married to Lina, daughter of Count Stankar. During a long absence, Rafaello di Leuthold cynically pays court to her and there is an adulterous union. Stankar, hearing of the circumstances, tries to hide the fact from Stiffelio. He also sets out to avenge the dishonour to his family by forcing a violent confrontation with the adulterer. Lina, with all her weakness, loves her husband still, but he, a man of blameless life, is intensely jealous and cannot forgive her. A sense of guilt and terror is developed in the graveyard scene and in the third act. There is a bloody duel, and in the final church scene Stiffelio forgives his repentant wife in front of the assembled congregation.