Linda di Chamounix
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The opera Linda di Chamounix is a melodramma semiserio in three acts by Gaetano Donizetti. The Italian libretto was written by Gaetano Rossi. It premiered in Vienna, at the Kärnthnertortheater, on May 19, 1842.
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[edit] Performance history
On March 1, 1934, Linda di Chamounix received its Metropolitan Opera premiere with Lily Pons in the title role. Through March 25, 1935, the Met presented the opera in seven more performances, all starring Pons. It has not been performed there since.
[edit] Roles
| Premiere, May 19, 1842 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Linda | soprano | Eugenia Tadolini |
| Carlo, Vicomte de Sirval | tenor | Napoleone Moriani |
| Pierotto | contralto | Marietta Brambilla |
| Antonio, Linda's father | baritone | Felice Varesi |
| Marquis de Boisfleury | baritone | Agostino Rovere |
| Prefect | bass | Prosper Dérivis |
| Maddalena, Linda's mother | soprano | |
| Intendant | tenor | |
| Peasant men and women, savoyards | ||
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[edit] Recordings
(1993, Stockholm). Edita Gruberova, Don Bernardini, Monika Groop, Ettore Kim, Stefano Palatchi, Anders Melander, Ulrika Precht, Klaus Hedlund, Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra cond. Friedrich Haider. Nightingale NC 070561-2
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