Record ID
109510
Accession number
GWM V15
Creator
Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901.
Object title
I vespri siciliani = The Sicilian Vespers : an opera in five acts : in Italian and English / the music by Verdi : as represented at the Royal Italian Opera, Drury Lane.
Uniform title
Vêpres siciliennes. Libretto. English & Italian
Published
London : Davidson, [1859?]
Notes
Original French libretto by E. Scribe and C. Duveyrier. Cf. New Grove dictionary of music and musicians.
The text is in Italian and English in parallel columns.
T.p.: p. [1]; "Dramatis personae: p. [2]; "Argument": p. [1]-[2] (2nd group).
The singers listed under "Dramatis personae are: Mademoiselle Titiens, Mademoiselle Dell'Anese, and Signor[i] Mercuriali, Corsi, Annoni, Vialetti, Fagotti, Castelli, Ponti, and Mongini.
Probable first edition for the first London performance of the opera (27 July 1859).
The text is in Italian and English in parallel columns.
T.p.: p. [1]; "Dramatis personae: p. [2]; "Argument": p. [1]-[2] (2nd group).
The singers listed under "Dramatis personae are: Mademoiselle Titiens, Mademoiselle Dell'Anese, and Signor[i] Mercuriali, Corsi, Annoni, Vialetti, Fagotti, Castelli, Ponti, and Mongini.
Probable first edition for the first London performance of the opera (27 July 1859).
Associated names
Scribe, Eugène, 1791-1861, librettist.
Duveyrier, Charles, 1803-1866, librettist.
Martin, George Whitney, former owner.
Duveyrier, Charles, 1803-1866, librettist.
Martin, George Whitney, former owner.
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