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
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

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[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

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