Nerone (Mascagni)
Appearance
Template:Mascagni operasNerone (Nero) is an opera in three acts by Pietro Mascagni from a libretto by Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti, based on the play Nerone by Pietro Cossa. Most of Mascagni's music was drawn from a failed project Vistilia (from 1907) - the music made to 'fit' a wholly unconnected libretto.
It received its first performance on 16 January 1935 at La Scala, Milan which was conducted by Mascagni himself.
Roles
Role | Voice type | Premiere cast, 16 January 1935[1] |
---|---|---|
Atte | soprano | Lina Bruna Rasa |
Claudio Cesare Nerone | tenor | Aureliano Pertile |
Clivio Rufo | bass | Duilio Baronti |
Egloge | soprano | Margherita Carosio |
Epafrodìto | baritone | Fabio Ronchi |
Faònte | tenor | Gino Del Signore |
Icèlo | tenor | Giuseppe Nessi |
Menècrate | baritone | Apollo Granforte |
Vinìcio | baritone | Aristide Baracchi |
Nevio | tenor | Ettore Parmeggiani |
Pastore | tenor | Nello Palai |
Basilio | bass | Tancredi Pasero |
Petronio | bass | Giuseppe Noto |
Mucrone | bass | Luciano Donaggio |
Eulogio | bass | Franco Zaccarini |
References
Notes
- ^ "Pietro Mascagni: Nero cast list on italianopera.org. Retrieved 5 December 2013
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