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Oberto, conte di San Bonifacio

• Opera in 2 acts, Italian
• Libretto Antonio Piazza and Temistocle Solera
• Time: 1228. Place: Northern Italy, Bassano in the Ezzelino da Romano's Castle and nearby.
• Premiere Teatro alla Scala, Milan, 17 November 1839
  
  
  

6th Crusade.

*Characters:

• *Oberto, Count of San Bonifacio, bass
  • *HP Ricciardo di Verona
    • Ignazio Marini sang in the first premiere 17 Nov 1839
    • Raffaele Ferlotti
    • Rolando Panerai
  • Leonora, his daughter, soprano
    • HP Leoisio di Verona
    • Antonietta Marini-Rainieri sang in the first premiere 17 Nov 1839
    • Giuseppina Clelia Maria Josepha Strepponi at La Scala Milan from the world premiere 17 Nov 1839 onwards when Marini-Rainieri proved unsuitable . Also in 1842.
    • Maria Caniglia
    • Ángeles Gulín
  • Cuniza, sister of Ezzelino da Romano, mezzo-soprano
    • HP Cunizza III da Romano
    • Mary Shaw sang in the first premiere 17 Nov 1839
    • Marietta Sacchi
    • Clorinda Corradi
    • Shirley Mae Verrett
  • Imelda, Cuniza's confident, mezzo-soprano
    • Marietta Sacchi sang in the first premiere 17 Nov 1839
  • Riccardo, Count of Salinguerra, tenor
    • Lorenzo Salvi sang in the first premiere 17 Nov 1839
    • Carlo Bergonzi
• Conductors:
  • Eugenio Cavallini conducted in the first premiere 17 Nov 1839
  • Lamberto Gardelli
    
    
    

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