Il piccolo Marat
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Il piccolo Marat is a dramma lirico or opera in three acts by Pietro Mascagni, 1921, from a libretto by Giovacchino Forzano.
[edit] Performance history
It was first performed on May 2, 1921 at the Teatro Costanzi, Rome.
This opera had been successful at La Scala in Milan and the San Carlo in Naples. Pietro Mascagni traveled to the U.S. in August 1924 to conduct his fairly new opera, Picollo Marat. He was accompanied by Guiseppe Radaelli, Agostino Capuzzo, Rino Oldrati, Irma Vigano, Maria LecerCasale, Adriana Boccanera, Enrico Nani, Francesco Novelli and Luciana Donagagio, singers.
[edit] Roles and role creators
Mariella: Gilda Dalla Rizza
Mamma: Agnese Porter
Marat: Hipólito Lázaro
Il soldato: Benvenuto Franci
Il carpentiere: Ernesto Badini
L'orco: Luigi Ferroni
Il capitano: Augusto Beuf
La spia: Gino De Vecchi
Il portatore: Arturo Pellegrino
Il ladro: Michele Fiore
La tigre: Mario Pinheiro
Una voce: Luigi Nardi
Conductor: Pietro Mascagni