Linda di Chamounix

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The opera Linda di Chamounix is a melodramma semiserio in three acts by Gaetano Donizetti. The Italian libretto was written by Gaetano Rossi. It premiered in Vienna, at the Kärnthnertortheater, on May 19, 1842.

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[edit] Performance history

On March 1, 1934, Linda di Chamounix received its Metropolitan Opera premiere with Lily Pons in the title role. Through March 25, 1935, the Met presented the opera in seven more performances, all starring Pons. It has not been performed there since.

[edit] Roles

Premiere, May 19, 1842
Linda soprano Eugenia Tadolini
Carlo, Vicomte de Sirval tenor Napoleone Moriani
Pierotto contralto Marietta Brambilla
Antonio, Linda's father baritone Felice Varesi
Marquis de Boisfleury baritone Agostino Rovere
Prefect bass Prosper Dérivis
Maddalena, Linda's mother soprano
Intendant tenor
Peasant men and women, savoyards

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[edit] Recordings

(1993, Stockholm). Edita Gruberova, Don Bernardini, Monika Groop, Ettore Kim, Stefano Palatchi, Anders Melander, Ulrika Precht, Klaus Hedlund, Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra cond. Friedrich Haider. Nightingale NC 070561-2

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