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BOMARZO

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Opera in two acts
Music by Ginastera
Libretto by MANUEL Mujica LÁINEZ
Sung in Spanish: records first broadcast performance In this country
Cast in order of singing:
Chorus and Orchestra of the Washington Opera Society Conducted by Julius Rudel
ACT 1
See facing page and page 39

Contributors

Conducted By:
Julius Rudel
Shepherd boy:
David Prather (treble)
Pier Francesco Orsini, Duke of Bomarzo.:
Salvador Novoa (tenor)
Silvio de Narni, an astrologer:
Richard Torigi (bass-Baritone)
Nicolas Orsini, Pier Francesco's nephew:
Joaquin Romaguera
Diana Orsini, Pier Francesco's grandmother:
Claramae Turner (contralto)
Ptcr Francesco's brothers (as child ren) (speaking parts) Girolamo:
Andres Aranda
Maerbale:
Manuel Folgar
Pier Francesco (as a child) (speaking part):
Patricio Porras
Gian Corrado Orsini his father:
Michael Devlin (baritone)
A messenger:
Nico Castel (tenor)
Pantasilea, a courtesan:
Joanna Simon (mezzo-Soprano)
Girolamo (as an adult):
Robert Gregori (baritone)
Maerbale (as an adult):
Brent Ellis (baritone)
Julia Farnese Pier Francesco's wife:
Isabel Penagos (soprano)
Source: Radio Times

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