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Un giorno di regno

• Comic opera in 2 acts, Italian
• Libretto Felice Romani
• Based on the farse Le Faux Stanislas by Alexandre-Vincent Pineux-Duval
• Opera was also performed with the name 'Il finto Stanislao'
• Time: 1733. Place: Baron Kelbar's castle near Brest, France
• Premiere Teatro alla Scala, Milan, 5 September 1840
  
  
• Characters:
  • Cavaliere di Belfiore, a French officer impersonating Stanislao of Poland, baritone
    • HP Stanisław I Leszczyński, King of Poland
    • Raffaele Ferlotti sang in the first premiere 5 Sept 1840
    • Giuseppe Taddei
    • Sesto Bruscantini
    • Ingvar Wixell with Lamberto Gardelli
  • Barone di Kelbar, the usurper, bass (buffo)
    • Raffaele Scalese sang in the first premiere 5 Sept 1840
    • Antonio "Selva" Scremin
  • The Marchesa del Poggio, a young widow, the Baron's niece, in love with Belfiore, soprano
    • Antonietta Marini-Rainieri sang in the first premiere 5 Sept 1840
    • Giuseppina Clelia Maria Josepha Strepponi in 1840
    • Catharine Simonsen
    • Fiorenza Cossotto She's listed also in this role, true or not true.
  • Giulietta di Kelbar, the Baron's daughter, mezzo-soprano
    • Luigia Abbadia sang in the first premiere 5 Sept 1840
    • Clorinda Corradi
    • Giulietta Simionato
    • Fiorenza Cossotto
    • Jessye Norman
  • Edoardo di Sanval, a young official, la Rocca's nephew, tenor
    • Lorenzo Salvi sang in the first premiere 5 Sept 1840
    • Leone Corelli
    • José Carreras
  • La Rocca, Treasurer of the States of Brittany, bass (buffo)
    • Agostino Rovere sang in the first premiere 5 Sept 1840
    • Antonio "Selva" Scremin
  • Count Ivrea, Commandant of Brest, engaged to the Marchesa, tenor
    • Giuseppe Vaschetti sang in the first premiere 5 Sept 1840
  • Delmonte, esquire to the false Stanislao, tenor
    • Napoleone Marconi sang in the first premiere 5 Sept 1840
• Conductors:
  • Eugenio Cavallini conducted the first premiere 5 Sept 1840
  • Lamberto Gardelli
    
    
    

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