Nerone (Mascagni)
Opera by Pietro Mascagni
Nerone (Nero) is an opera in three acts by Pietro Mascagni from a libretto by Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti, based on the 1872 play Nerone by Pietro Cossa. Most of Mascagni's music was drawn from a failed project Vistilia (from 1907)[1] – 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[2][3] Conductor: Pietro Mascagni |
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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
- ^ Wagner, Hans-Joachim (2016). Fremde Welten: Die Oper des italienischen Verismo. Springer-Verlag. p. 159. ISBN 9783476037688.
- ^ "Pietro Mascagni: Nero cast list on italianopera.org. Retrieved 5 December 2013
- ^ Casaglia, Gherardo (2005). "Nerone, 16 January 1935". L'Almanacco di Gherardo Casaglia (in Italian).
External links
- Nerone (Mascagni(: Scores at the International Music Score Library Project
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