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I cavalieri di Ekebù
| I Cavalieri di Ekebù | |
|---|---|
Set design for act 1 in the premiere | |
| Librettist | Arturo Rossato |
| Language | Italian |
| Based on | Selma Lagerlöf's Gösta Berlings Saga |
| Premiere | 7 March 1925 (1925-03-07) La Scala Milan |
I cavalieri di Ekebù is an opera composed by Riccardo Zandonai to an Italian libretto by Arturo Rossato [it].
The opera is based on Swedish Nobel Prize-winning author Selma Lagerlöf's 1891 debut novelGösta Berlings Saga. It was first performed at the Teatro alla Scala in Milan on 7 March 1925. The opera was staged in Nuremberg in 1929, and the Vereingigten Städtischen Bühnen Krefeld/Mönchengladbach presented a production by Tony Palmer in 1987.[1]
Roles
| Cast | Voice type | Premiere, 7 March 1925 Conductor: – Arturo Toscanini) |
|---|---|---|
| Giosta Berling | tenor | Franco Lo Giudice |
| The commander | mezzo-soprano | Elvira Mari-Casazza |
| Anna | soprano | Maria Luisa Fanelli |
| Anna's mother
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