Fra Gherardo
Fra Gherardo is an opera in three acts composed by Ildebrando Pizzetti who also wrote the libretto. Set in Parma at the end of the 13th century, the opera's story is based on the life and death of Gherardino Segalello as chronicled by Salimbene of Parma. Pizzetti composed the work, his fifth opera, between 1925 and 1927. The world premiere took place at La Scala, Milan on 16 May 1928 in a performance conducted by Arturo Toscanini with Antonin Trantoul and Florica Cristoforeanu in the leading roles of Fra Gherardo and Mariola.[1][2][3]
References
- ↑ Mesa, Franklin (2007). Opera: An Encyclopedia of World Premieres and Significant Performances, Singers, Composers, Librettists, Arias and Conductors, 1597-2000, p. 104. McFarland. ISBN 0786477288
- ↑ Healey, Robin (1998). Twentieth-century Italian Literature in English Translation: An Annotated Bibliography 1929-1997, p. 7. University of Toronto Press. ISBN 0802008003
- ↑ Casaglia, Gherardo (2005). Fra Gherardo. Almanacco Amadeus. Retrieved 17 February 2016 (Italian).
External links
- Complete libretto published for the La Scala premiere (Department of Musicology, University of Pavia) (Italian)
- Gelli, Piero (ed.) (2005). Fra Gherardo. Dizionario dell'opera, p. 506. Baldini Castoldi Dalai (republished on operamanager.it) (Italian)
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