Riccardo III
Riccardo III is an Italian opera in four acts, music by Luigi Canepa and libretto by Fulvio Fulgonio, after William Shakespeare's play Richard III. It was first performed in Milan, on November 10, 1879.
Principal characters
- Riccardo III - bass
- Rismondo - tenor
- Scroop - baritone
- Rutlando - comprimary tenor
- Elisabetta, queen - soprano or mezzo-soprano
- Elisabetta, daughter - soprano
Discography
- 1962: Nicola Rossi-Lemeni (Riccardo III), Franco Bonisolli (Rismondo), Walter Alberti (Scroop), Tommaso Frascati (Rutlando), Lucilla Udovich (Regina), Antonietta Pastori (Elisabetta); Corale “Luigi Canepa” Sassari, Orchestra dell’Ente Concerti “Marialisa de Carolis”, Nino Bonavolontà - (Opera d'Oro, later Decca)
Sources
- The Complete Dictionary of Opera & Operetta, James Anderson, Wings Books, 1993.