Record ID:
109200
Accession number:
GWM M8
Creator:
Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901.
Title:
Macbeth : melodramma in 4 atti / musica del Maestro Giuseppe Verdi ; da rappresentarsi nel imp. regio Teatro alla Scala il Carnovale del 1849.
Uniform title:
Macbeth. Libretto
Published:
Milano : Tipografia Valentini, [1849?]
Notes:
Libretto by F.M. Piave and A. Maffei, after Shakespeare. Cf. New Grove.
T.p.: p. [1]; note on Shakespeare's play ("Macbetto generale di Duncano ... "): p. [3]-[4]; "Personaggi" and "Attori": p. [5]; orchestra and theatre personnel: p. [6].
The singers listed under "Attori" are: Stefano Prestinari, Francesco Gnone, Raffaele Scalese, Carlotta Gruitz, Teresa Ruggeri, Luigi Ferretti, and Napoleone Marconi.
Probable first edition for the first performance of the opera in Milan.
Associated names:
Piave, Francesco Maria, 1810-1876, librettist.
Maffei, Andrea, 1798-1885, librettist.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Macbeth.
Martin, George Whitney, former owner.
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