Maria di Rohan
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Maria di Rohan is a melodramma tragico, or tragic opera, in three acts by Gaetano Donizetti. The Italian libretto was written by Salvatore Cammarano. It premiered at the Kärntnertortheater, Vienna on June 5, 1843.
[edit] Roles
Premiere, June 5, 1843 | ||
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Maria, countess of Rohan | soprano | Eugenia Tadolini |
Riccardo, count of Chalais | tenor | Carlo Guasco |
Enrico, duke of Chevreuse | baritone | Giorgio Ronconi |
Armando di Gondì | tenor (then contralto) | Michele Novaro |
The visconte of Suze | bass | Friedrich Becher |
de Fiesque | bass | Gustav Hölzel |
Aubry, secretary of Chalais | tenor | Anton Müller |
A familiar of Chevreuse | bass | |
Knights, the king's cabinet, pages, guards and domestic servants of Chevreuse |
[edit] Synopsis
[edit] Recordings
(1996, Vienna). Edita Gruberova, Octavio Arévalo, Ettore Kim, Ulrika Precht, Ivan Urbas, Wiener Konzertchor, Radio Symphonieorchester Wien cond. Elio Boncompagni. Nightingale NC 070567-2