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Full video available on August 23, 2023 20:00 CEST 🇬🇧 With English subtitles and the 🇮🇹 sung Italian text on screen. The 170 photos illustrating the performance are the work of Scala's in-house photographer, Erio Piccagliani. (Some were taken during rehearsals, so the costumes/hair are different here and there.) Giacomo Meyerbeer: Gli Ugonotti (Les Huguenots) - sung in Italian Teatro alla Scala, 1962 Raoul de Nangis, a Protestant gentleman - Franco Corelli (tenor) Valentine, daughter of Count de Saint-Bris - Giulietta Simionato (mezzo-soprano) Marguerite de Valois, Queen of Navarre - Joan Sutherland (soprano) Marcel, a Huguenot soldier, Raoul's servant - Nicolai Ghiaurov (bass) the Count of Saint-Bris, a Catholic gentleman - Giorgio Tozzi (bass) Urbain, the Queen's page - Fiorenza Cossotto (mezzo-soprano) the Count of Nevers, a Catholic gentleman - Wladimiro Ganzarolli (baritone) Thavannes, a Catholic gentleman - Piero De Palma (tenor) Cossé, a Catholic gentleman - Giuseppe Bertinazzo (tenor) Thoré, a Catholic gentleman - Manuel Spatafora (baritone) De Retz, a Catholic gentleman - Antonio Cassinelli (bass) Méru, a Catholic gentleman - Alfredo Giacomotti (bass) Bois-Rosé, a Huguenot soldier - Walter Gullino (tenor) Maurevert, a Catholic gentleman - Silvio Maionica (bass) An archer of the night guard - Virgilio Carbonari (bass) A lady-in-waiting of Queen Marguerite - Clara Foti (mezzo-soprano) A servant of the Count of Nevers - Angelo Mercuriali (tenor) Four gentlemen - Walter Gullino, Angelo Mercuriali, Giuseppe Morresi, Alfredo Giacomotti Three friars - Enzo Guagni, Virgilio Carbonari, Giovanni Antonini Two gypsy girls - Maddalena Bonifaccio, Clara Foti Conductor: Gianandrea Gavazzeni Chorus master: Norberto Mola Stage director: Franco Enriquez Sets and costume designs: Nicola Benois Photos by Erio Piccagliani Place: Touraine and Paris, France Time: August 1572 Les Huguenots (Gli ugonotti) is an opera by Giacomo Meyerbeer and is one of the most popular and spectacular examples of grand opera. In five acts, to a libretto by Eugène Scribe and Émile Deschamps, it premiered in Paris on 29 February 1836. The story culminates in the historical St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre in 1572 in which thousands of French Huguenots (Protestants) were slaughtered by Catholics in an effort to rid France of Protestant influence. Although the massacre was a historical event, the rest of the action, which primarily concerns the love between the Catholic Valentine and the Protestant Raoul, is wholly a creation of Scribe. (Wikipedia) _________________________________________________________________ This channel is an extension of the Facebook group of the same name, where we share original articles, interviews, useful and informative documents, links, resources about Franco Corelli's life, art, career, discography, technique, etc. This channel serves non-profit, educational purposes only.
