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I granatieri

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First performance
  
26 October 1889

Librettist
  
Joseph Méry

Composer
  
Vincenzo Valente

Language
  
Italian

I granatieri (The Grenadiers) is an 'Neapolitan operetta' in three acts by the Italian composer Vincenzo Valente with a libretto in Italian by Raffaele Della Campa and Joseph Méry. It has been called the first true Italian operetta.

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Performance history

I granatieri had its world premiere in Turin on 26 October 1889, presented by Luigi Maresca's theatre company. Later performances include:

  • 19 May 1897 – first performance in the Teatro Amazonas in Manaus, Brazil (reprised in 1899, 1900, 1902, and 1906)
  • 4 February 1898 – first performance in the Teatro Costanzi in Rome
  • 12 June 1911 – New York City premiere at the Irving Place Theatre

    • Roles

  • Nini soprano
  • Dorotea soprano
  • Beatrice soprano
  • Odoardo tenor
  • Bernardo baritone
  • Marchese Emilio baritone
  • Giorgio bass
  • John bass

    • References

    I granatieri Wikipedia
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