Nerone (Nero) is an opera in three acts by Pietro Mascagni from a libretto by Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti, based on the 1872 play Nerone by Pietro Cossa. Most of Mascagni's music was drawn from a failed project Vistilia (from 1907)[1] – the music made to 'fit' a wholly unconnected libretto.
It received its first performance on 16 January 1935 at La Scala, Milan, which was conducted by Mascagni himself.
Roles
edit| Role | Voice type | Premiere cast, 16 January 1935[2][3] Conductor: Pietro Mascagni |
|---|---|---|
| Atte | soprano | Lina Bruna Rasa |
| Claudio Cesare Nerone | tenor | Aureliano Pertile |
| Clivio Rufo | bass | Duilio Baronti |
| Egloge | soprano | Margherita Carosio |
| Epafrodìto | baritone | Fabio Ronchi |
| Faònte | tenor | Gino Del Signore |
| Icèlo | tenor | Giuseppe Nessi |
| Menècrate | baritone | Apollo Granforte |
| Vinìcio | baritone | Aristide Baracchi |
| Nevio | tenor | Ettore Parmeggiani |
| Pastore | tenor | Nello Palai |
| Basilio | bass | Tancredi Pasero |
| Petronio | bass | Giuseppe Noto |
| Mucrone | bass | Luciano Donaggio |
| Eulogio | bass | Franco Zaccarini |
References
edit- ^ Wagner, Hans-Joachim (2016). Fremde Welten: Die Oper des italienischen Verismo. Springer-Verlag. p. 159. ISBN 9783476037688.
- ^ "Pietro Mascagni: Nero cast list on italianopera.org. Retrieved 5 December 2013
- ^ Casaglia, Gherardo (2005). "Nerone, 16 January 1935". L'Almanacco di Gherardo Casaglia (in Italian).
External links
edit- Nerone (Mascagni(: Scores at the International Music Score Library Project
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