Tuesday, January 22, 2013

Verdi e Giselher Klebe: I MASNADIERI (1847, 1957) -- Maffei, tratto da Schiller

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I MASNADIERI, op.25, is an opera in four acts by Giselher Klebe who also wrote the libretto based on the play by Friedrich Schiller.

"I MASNADIERI" premiered on 3 June 1957 at the Deutsche Oper am Rhein, Düsseldorf.

"I MASNADIERI" is dedicated to the memory of Giuseppe Verdi.

It was written between 1951 and 1956, and revised in 1961/1962.

Roles

  • The old Count Massimiliano von Moor (bass)
  • Carlo and Francesco, his sons (dramatic tenor, character baritone)
  • Amalia von Edelreich, old Moor's niece (dramatic soprano)
  • Hermann, a nobleman (lyric tenor)
  • Schweizer, a libertine, later a robber (character bass)
  • A Monk (contralto)
  • Daniel, an old servant (lyric tenor)
  • The libertines, later robbers; voices (backstage)
Time and Place: Germany in the middle of the 18th century

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