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Aroldo

• Opera in 4 acts, Italian
• Libretto by Francesco Maria Piave
• Aroldo is a revision of Stiffelio, but located in Anglo-Saxon England and Scotland in about 1200 AD with characters' names changed. Act 3 was expanded and is different from Stiffelio.
• Premiere Teatro Nuovo, Rimini, 16 August 1857
  
  
  

A scene from Walter Scott's The Talisman.

• Characters:
  • Aroldo, a Saxon Knight, tenor
    • Emilio Pancani sang in the first premiere 16 Aug 1857
    • Mario Del Monaco
    • Carlo Bergonzi
  • Mina, his wife, soprano
    • Marcella Lotti della Santa sang in the first premiere 16 Aug 1857
    • Fanny Salvini-Donatelli
    • Montserrat Caballé
    • Ángeles Gulín
  • Egberto, Mina's father, baritone
    • Gaetano Ferri sang in the first premiere
    • Antonio Cotogni ao. in Turin
    • Adriano Pantaleoni
    • Rolando Panerai
  • Godvino, an adventurer, guest of Egberto, tenor
    • Salvatore Poggiali sang in the first premiere
  • Briano, a pious hermit, bass
    • G. B. Cornago sang in the first premiere
    • Antonio "Selva" Scremin
  • Enrico, Mina's cousin, tenor
    • Napoleone Senigaglia sang in the first premiere
  • Elena, Mina's cousin, mezzo-soprano
    • Adelaide Panizza sang in the first premiere
• Conductors:
  • Angelo Mariani conducted in the first premiere 16 Aug 1857
  • Arturo Basile
  • Fabio Luisi
• Stage directors
  • Giuseppe Cencetti (at Teatro Apollo, Rome)
    
    
    
    

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