Tuesday 23 November 2010

TEATRO ALLA SCALA 1960 - 1961 season

7, 10, 14, 18, 21, 26, 29 December 1960, 15 January 1961
POLIUTO
Donizetti
Severo                         Ettore Bastianini
Felice                         Rinaldo Pelizzoni
Poliuto                             Franco Corelli
Paolina                               Maria Callas
                            Leyla Gencer (6, 7, 8)
Callistene                      Nicola Zaccaria
                                Agostino Ferrin (8)
Nearco                           Piero De Palma
Primo Cristiano         Virgilio Carbonari
Secondo Cristiano     Giuseppe Morresi

Conductor                    Antonino Votto
                                 Antonio Tonini (5)
Director                             Herbert Graf
Designer                          Nicola Benois


13, 19, 28 December 1960, 1, 4, 8, 19 January, 22, 26 February, 2 March, 12 April 1961
DON CARLO
Verdi
Filippo II                        Boris Christoff
Don Carlos                      Flaviano Labò
Rodrigo                       Ettore Bastianini
                              Tito Gobbi (8, 9, 10)
Grande Inquisitore     Nicolai Ghiaurov
Frate                              Agostino Ferrin
Elisabetta Di Valois    Antonietta Stella
          Leyla Gencer (4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
Eboli                       Giulietta Simionato
                      Oralia Dominguez (6, 10)
                            Christa Ludwig (8, 9)
Tebaldo                       Aurora Cattelani
Conte Di Lerma                  Franco Piva
     Ines Micucci (4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
Araldo Reale                 Piero De Palma
Voce Dal Cielo             Pinuccia Perotti
            Giuliana Matteini (6, 7, 8, 9, 11)
                               Limbana Leoni (10)
Deputato Fiammingo                                      Virgilio Carbonari
Deputato Fiammingo   Dino Mantovani
                                   Cleo Mancuso (6)
Deputato Fiammingo                                      Giuseppe Morresi
Deputato Fiammingo                                      Leonardo Monreale
Deputato Fiammingo        Dario Caselli
Deputato Fiammingo      Attilio Barbesi

Conductor                    Gabriele Santini
                                 Antonio Tonini (7)
Director               Margherita Wallmann
Designer               Georges Wakhevitch



17, 20, 22 December 1960, 3, 5 January 1961
FIDELIO
Beethoven
Don Fernando                     Franz Crass
Don Pizarro                        Hans Hotter
Florestano                            Jon Vickers
Leonora                            Birgit Nilsson
Rocco                               Gottlob Frick
Marcellina                           Wilma Lipp
Jaquino                           Gerhard Unger
Primo Prigioniero           Walter Gullino
Secondo Prigioniero    Dino Mantovani

Conductor            Herbert Von Karajan
Director                                Paul Hager
Designer                    Wilhelm Reinking


10, 12, 14, 17, 22, 25, 29 January, 4, 12, 15 February, 27 March, 25 April 1961
LA FORZA DEL DESTINO
Verdi
Marchese Di Calatrava                                    Silvio Maionica
                           Paolo Montarsolo (10)
                    Antonio Cassinelli (11, 12)
Leonora Di Vargas       Floriana Cavalli
                    Marcella De Osma (6, 7, 8)
                              Leyla Gencer (9, 10)
                      Antonietta Stella (11, 12)
Carlo Di Vargas          Ettore Bastianini
                     Carlo Meliciani (5, 6, 7, 9)
                                 Aldo Protti (8, 10)
Alvaro                             Flaviano Labò
Preziosilla                Giulietta Simionato
                  Gabriella Carturan (8, 9, 10)
Padre Guardiano        Nicolai Ghiaurov
                               Nicola Zaccaria (11)
Fra Melitone               Renato Capecchi
                             Dino Mantovani (11)
Curra                            Stefania Malagù
Alcade                       Virgilio Carbonari
Trabuco                     Angelo Mercuriali
Chirurgo                              Franco Piva
Trabuco                        Franco Ricciardi
                   Piero De Palma (10, 11, 12)

Conductor                    Antonino Votto
Director                           Mario Frigerio
Designer                          Nicola Benois


28, 31 January, 2, 5, 7 February 1961
THE QUEEN OF SPADES
Tchaikovsky
Hermann                   Antonio Annaloro
Tomski                                   Ivo Vinco
                                 Silvio Maionica (5)
Principe Eletzki          Sesto Bruscantini
Cekalinski                       Walter Gullino
Surin                             Agostino Ferrin
Ciaplilzki                   Angelo Mercuriali
Narumoff                Leonardo Monreale
Contessa                      Marianna Radev
Lisa                                   Leyla Gencer
Pauline                       Adriana Lazzarini
Governante                  Aurora Cattelani
                           Stefania Malagù (4, 5)
Mascia                             Edith Martelli
                       Jeda Valtriani (2, 3, 4, 5)
Ordinatore Delle Feste                                    Giuseppe Bertinazzo
Carina                         Giuliana Matteini
                       Edith Martelli (2, 3, 4, 5)
Bellamor                    Adriana Lazzarini
Montedor                               Ivo Vinco

Conductor                     Nino Sanzogno
Director                        Tatiana Pavlova
Designer                          Nicola Benois


9, 13, 16, 19, 23, 28 February, 4, 9, 12, 16, 19 March, 16, 22 April, 14, 23 May 1961
MADAMA BUTTERFLY
Puccini
Butterfly (Cio-Cio-San)                                  Gabriella Tucci
                      Antonietta Stella (12, 13)
                               Leontyne Price (15)
Suzuki                       Gabriella Carturan
                                     Stefania Malagù
   (4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
Kate Pinkerton                     Lucia Ferri
Pinkerton                    Gianni Raimondi
                                Renato Cioni (7, 8)
                     Regolo Romani (9, 10, 11)
                   Giuseppe Campora (12, 13)
                            Gianni Raimondi (14)
Sharpless                      Rolando Panerai
                    Giulio Fioravanti (7, 8, 14)
                            Giuseppe Taddei (15)
Goro                              Piero De Palma
Yamadori                          Carlo Badioli
                                  Virgilio Carbonari         (6, 7, 8, 9, 12, 13, 14)
                     Angelo Mercuriali (10, 11)
                           Rinaldo Pelizzoni (15)
Zio Bonzo                   Marco Stefanoni
                          Antonio Cassinelli (14)
                                     Mario Rolli (15)
Commissario Imperiale                                   Giuseppe Morresi
L'ufficiale Del Registro                                  Giulio Scarinci
          Erminio Benatti (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
La Madre Di Cio-Cio-San                              Limbania Leoni
                                Paolo Ralli (10, 11)
La Cugina                   Paola Scanabucci
                                Maria Dini (10, 11)
             Maddalena Bonifaccio (14, 15)

Conductor          Gianandrea Gavazzeni
Director                         Carlo Maestrini
Designer                         Tsuguji Foujita


15, 18, 22, 26 March, 6, 13, 18 April 1961
I PURITANI
Bellini
Gualtiero Valton       Antonio Cassinelli
Giorgio                                   Ivo Vinco
Arturo Talbo                         Gianni Jaia
Riccardo Forth            Ettore Bastianini
                                      Dino Dondi (6)
Bruno Roberton            Piero De Palma
Enrichetta Di Francia  Aurora Cattelani
Elvira                               Renata Scotto

Conductor                    Antonino Votto
Director                            Guido Salvini
Designer                          Nicola Benois


23, 25, 29 March, 4, 9 April 1961
IL CALZARE D'ARGENTO
Pizzetti
Giuliano Della Viola                                       Giuseppe Di Stefano
Metarosa                       Rosanna Carteri
                                 Angela Vercelli (5)
Paio Di Nocco             Marco Stefanoni
Veronica                  Anna Maria Canali
Turinghello                    Piero De Palma
Tingoccio D'arno Nero                                    Rolando Panerai
Benintende                    Carlo Meliciani
Malagui'                    Virgilio Carbonari
La Pignoletta                   Edith Martelli
Barocinga                    Aurora Cattelani
Bandeca                        Mafalda Masini
Raito                    Wladimiro Ganzarolli
Il Banditore Del Comune                               Giampiero Malaspina
Il Boia              Massimiliano Malaspina

Conductor          Gianandrea Gavazzeni
Director               Margherita Wallmann
Designer                       Lorenzo Ghiglia


5, 8, 15, 19, 23, 30 April 1961
SAMSON ET DALILA
Saint-Saëns
Dalila                      Giulietta Simionato
Sansone                    Mario Del Monaco
Gran Sacerdote      Giangiacomo Guelfi
                                Orazio Gualtieri (6)
Abimelech                     Agostino Ferrin
                            Antonio Cassinelli (6)
Messaggero Filisteo   Rinaldo Pelizzoni
Vecchio Ebreo              Nicola Zaccaria
                              Guerrando Rigiri (5)
Primo Filisteo                Piero De Palma
Secondo Filisteo     Leonardo Monreale

Conductor          Gianandrea Gavazzeni
Director                         Carlo Maestrini
Designer                          Nicola Benois


14, 17, 20, 27 April, 3 May 1961
LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR
Donizetti
Lord Enrico Ashton    Ettore Bastianini
                                 Carlo Meliciani (5)
Lucia                            Joan Sutherland
Edgardo Di Ravenswood                               Gianni Raimondi
Arturo Buklaw              Regolo Romani
Raimondo Bidebent                                        Giuseppe Modesti
Alisa                             Stefania Malagù
Normanno                     Piero De Palma

Conductor                    Antonino Votto
Director                           Mario Frigerio
Designer                          Ebe Colciaghi


21, 28 April, 2, 6, 12 May 1961
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM
Britten
Oberon                         Irene Companez
Titania                      Margherita Roberti
Puck                              Ferruccio Soleri
Teseo                                    Carlo Cava
                            Antonio Cassinelli (4)
Ippolita                        Disma De Cecco
Lisandro                     Alvinio Misciano
Demetrio                        Antonio Boyer
Ermia                      Biancamaria Casoni
Elena                              Gabriella Tucci
Bottom                Wladimiro Ganzarolli
Quince                       Paolo Montarsolo
Flute                               Herbert Handt
                                   Giuseppe Nait (5)
Snug                       Leonardo Monreale
Snout                             Piero De Palma
Starveling                  Virgilio Carbonari

Conductor                     Nino Sanzogno
Director                         Luigi Squarzina
Designer                        Fabrizio Clerici


26, 29 April, 8, 11 May 1961
PARSIFAL
Wagner
Amfortas                  Gustav Neidlinger
Titurel                       Antonio Cassinelli
Gurnemanz                    Boris Christoff
Parsifal                            Sandor Konya
Klingsor                     Anton Metternich
Kundry                                   Rita Gorr
1. Fiore Del Primo Gruppo                             Edith Martelli
2. Fiore Del Primo Gruppo                             Biancamaria Casoni
3. Fiore Del Primo Gruppo                             Stefania Malagù
1. Fiore Secondo Gruppo                                Maddalena Bonifaccio
2. Fiore Secondo Gruppo                                Angela Vercelli
3. Fiore Secondo Gruppo                                Aurora Cattelani
Primo Cavaliere Del Gral                                Rinaldo Pelizzoni
Secondo Cavaliere     Giuseppe Morresi
Primo Paggio               Stefania Malagu'
Secondo Paggio                     Clara Foti
 Terzo Paggio            Angelo Mercuriali
Quarto Paggio                   Enzo Guagni

Conductor                    André Cluytens
Director                         Frank De Quell
Designer                          Nicola Benois


10, 13, 17, 19, 21 May 1961
BEATRICE DI TENDA
Bellini
Filippo Maria Visconti        Dino Dondi
Beatrice Di Tenda        Joan Sutherland
Agnese Del Maino  Raina Kabaivanska
Orombello                Giuseppe Campora
Anichino                        Piero De Palma
Rizzardo Del Maino       Walter Gullino

Conductor                    Antonino Votto
Director                        Franco Enriquez
Designer                    Attilio Colonnello


18, 20, 22, 29, 30 May 1961
DER ROSENKAVALIER
Richard Strauss
Marescialla        Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
Barone Ochs                  Otto Edelmann
Ottaviano                      Christa Ludwig
Faninal                                 Erich Kunz
Sofia                Anneliese Rothenberger
Marianna Leitmetzerin   Judith Hellwig
Valzacchi                      Renato Ercolani
Annina                Hilde Roessel-Majdan
Ufficiale                   Alois Pernerstorfer
Intendente Marescialla      Erich Majkut
Intendente Di Faninal                                     Giuseppe Bertinazzo
Un Notaio                            Erich Kunz
Albergatore                   Piero De Palma
Cantore                    Giuseppe Zampieri
Prima Orfanella             Limbania Leoni
Seconda Orfanella      Stefania Malagu'
Terza Orfanella  Maddalena Bonifaccio
Modista                           Edith Martelli
Mercante D'animali   Angelo Mercuriali
Primo Lacche'                 Walter Gullino
Secondo Lacche'               Enzo Guagni
Terzo Lacche'                       Carlo Forti
Quarto Lacche'          Giuseppe Morresi
Primo Cameriere   Giuseppe Bertinazzo
Secondo Cameriere      Dino Mantovani
Terzo Cameriere                 Ugo Novelli
Quarto Cameriere              Dario Caselli

Conductor                            Karl Böhm
Director                     Rudolf Hartmann
Designer                       Robert Kautsky


31 May, 3, 5, 11 June 1961
LES CONTES D’HOFFMANN
Offenbach
Stella                               Virginia Zeani
Olimpia                           Virginia Zeani
Giulietta                          Virginia Zeani
Antonia                           Virginia Zeani
Nicklaus                     Anna Maria Rota
Musa                               Olga Gherardi
Madre                                     Clara Foti
Hoffmann                    Nicola Filacuridi
Spalanzani                     Piero De Palma
Nataniel                          Walter Gullino
Crespel                       Giuseppe Morresi
                    Antonio Cassinelli (2, 3, 4)
Mastro Lutero             Franco Calabrese
Andrea                         Renato Ercolani
Cocciniglia                   Renato Ercolani
Pitichinaccio                 Renato Ercolani
Franz                            Renato Ercolani
Lindorf                 Nicola Rossi Lemeni
Coppelius              Nicola Rossi Lemeni
Dapertutto            Nicola Rossi Lemeni
Dottor Miracolo    Nicola Rossi Lemeni
Hermann                   Antonio Cassinelli
                     Giuseppe Morresi (2, 3, 4)
Schlemil                                Carlo Forti

Conductor                     Nino Sanzogno
Director                             Herbert Graf
Designer                          Nicola Benois


19, 21, 22, 24 June 1961
MOSES UND ARON
Schoenberg
Mose'                                Josef Greindl
Aronne                        Helmut Melchert
Giovinetta              Ursula Schirrmacher
Donna Malata                     Alice Oelke
Giovane                           Donald Grobe
Giovane Nudo         Karl Ernst Mercker
Altro Uomo                    Georg Voelker
Efraimita                Hanns Heinz Nissen
Un Sacerdote           Peter Roth-Ehrang

Conductor              Hermann Scherchen
Director              Gustav Rudolf Sellner
Designer                          Nicola Benois