Record ID
109203
Accession number
GWM M10
Creator
Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901.
Object title
Macbeth : melodramma in quattro parti / musica del Maestro Giuseppe Verdi ; da rappresentarsi al gran Teatro La Fenice in Venezia il Carnevale-Quaresima 1854-55.
Uniform title
Macbeth. Libretto
Published
Venezia : Tito di Gio. Ricordi, [1855?]
Notes
Libretto by F.M. Piave and A. Maffei, after Shakespeare. Cf. New Grove.
T.p.: p. [1]; "Avvertimento": p. [2]; Personaggi" and "Attori": p. [3]; note on Shakespeare's play ("Macbetto generale di Duncano ... "): p. [5]-7; text: p. [9]-35.
The singers listed under "Attori" are: "N.N.," Giovanni Corsi, Cesare Nanni, Marianna Barbieri Nini, Luigia Morselli, Luigi Toffanari, Salvatore Poggiali, "N.N.," Marco Ghini, and Felice Peranzoni.
Probable first edition for the performance of the opera at La Fenice on 10 February 1855.
T.p.: p. [1]; "Avvertimento": p. [2]; Personaggi" and "Attori": p. [3]; note on Shakespeare's play ("Macbetto generale di Duncano ... "): p. [5]-7; text: p. [9]-35.
The singers listed under "Attori" are: "N.N.," Giovanni Corsi, Cesare Nanni, Marianna Barbieri Nini, Luigia Morselli, Luigi Toffanari, Salvatore Poggiali, "N.N.," Marco Ghini, and Felice Peranzoni.
Probable first edition for the performance of the opera at La Fenice on 10 February 1855.
Associated names
Piave, Francesco Maria, 1810-1876, librettist.
Maffei, Andrea, 1798-1885, librettist.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Macbeth.
Martin, George Whitney, former owner.
Maffei, Andrea, 1798-1885, librettist.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Macbeth.
Martin, George Whitney, former owner.
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