Riccardo III
opera by Luigi Canepa
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
change- Riccardo III - bass
- Rismondo - tenor
- Scroop - baritone
- Rutlando - comprimary tenor
- Elisabetta, queen - soprano or mezzo-soprano
- Elisabetta, daughter - soprano
Discography
change- 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
change- The Complete Dictionary of Opera & Operetta, James Anderson, Wings Books, 1993.