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La favorita

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Opera in four acts. First seen in 1840, La favorita was Donizetti's third opera of the year for the Paris Opera. It is nowadays usually sung in its Italian version, as it is in this performance from Vienna. Libretto by ALPHONSE ROYER and GUSTAVE VAEZ. Italian translation by F. JANNETTI. CHORUS OF THE WIRTSCHAFTS-UNIVERSITAT, VIENNA. AUSTRIAN RSO/ GIUSEPPE PATANE

Contributors

Unknown:
Alphonse Royer
Unknown:
Gustave Vaez.
Translation By:
F. Jannetti.
Unknown:
Giuseppe Patane
Baldassare, Father Superior of the monastery of St James of Compostella:
Laszlo Polgar (bass)
Fernando, a novice, later commander of the Castilian army:
Alfredo Kraus (tenor)
Ines, confidante of Leonora:
Sona Ghazarian (soprano)
Leonora di Gusman, the King's mistress:
Agnes Baltsa (mezzo-Soprano)
Alfonso XI, King of Castile:
Paolo Gavanelli (baritone)
Don Gasparo, an official of the court:
Peter Jelosits (tenor)
Source: Radio Times

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