Silvano
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Silvano is a dramma marinaresco (literally a "seafaring drama") or opera in two acts by Pietro Mascagni, 1895, from a libretto by Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti, based on a novel by Alphonse Karr.
It received its first performance on March 25, 1895 at La Scala, Milan.
The barcarolle from Silvano features prominently in a montage during the Martin Scorsese film Raging Bull.
[edit] Roles
| Cast | Voice type | Premiere Cast, 25 March 1895[1] (Conductor: - ) |
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| Matilde | soprano | Adelina Stehle |
| Silvano | tenor | Fernando De Lucia |
| Renzo | baritone | G. Pacini |
| Rosa | mezzo-soprano | N. Ponzano |
[edit] References
- Alan Mallach, Pietro Mascagni and His Operas , University Press of New England, 2002. ISBN 1555535240
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