Record ID:
109203
Accession number:
GWM M10
Creator:
Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901.
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.
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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