First performance 12 January 1929 Librettist Giovacchino Forzano | Composer Umberto Giordano Language Italian | |
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Premiere 12 January 1929 (1929-01-12)
La Scala, Milan Similar Mese mariano, Mala vita, Madame Sans‑Gêne, Siberia, La cena delle beffe | ||
Il re (The king) is a novella or opera in one act and three scenes by composer Umberto Giordano to an Italian libretto by Giovacchino Forzano. The opera premiered at La Scala in Milan on 12 January 1929.
Contents
Patrizia cigna aria di rosalina il re umberto giordano
Performance history
Unusual for a 20th-century opera, Il re was written specifically as a vehicle for Toti Dal Monte, a coloratura soprano of the old school. Dal Monte performed the work a number of times during her career but after her retirement, the opera quickly fell into obscurity. In December 1949, Arturo Toscanini, who had conducted the world premiere of the opera, featured the short "Dance of the Moor" on a broadcast concert with the NBC Symphony Orchestra.
Roles
* Dal Monte alternated performances of the role of Rosalina with Mercedes Capsir during the original 1929 production.Recordings
References
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