TEATRO ALLA SCALA 1958 - 1959 season

7, 10, 13, 17, 23, 26, 31 December 1958, 4, 6, 11 January 1959

TURANDOT

Puccini

Turandot                          Birgit Nilsson

Altoum                      Angelo Mercuriali

Timur                        Giuseppe Modesti

                           Nicola Zaccaria (9, 10)

Calaf                     Giuseppe Di Stefano

                                   Franco Corelli (4)

                                 Giovanni Gibin (9)

                      Pier Miranda Ferraro (10)

Liu'                               Rosanna Carteri

                             Ilva Ligabue (5, 6, 7)

                     Aurelia Beltrami (8, 9, 10)

Ping                             Renato Capecchi

Pang                                 Mario Ferrara

Pong                              Piero De Palma

Mandarino                        Lorenzo Testi

Prima Ancella        Adriana Macchiaioli

Seconda Ancella           Limbania Leoni

Conductor                    Antonino Votto

Director               Margherita Wallmann

Designer Nicola Benois and Chou Ling

11, 14, 20, 27 December 1958

MARIA GOLOVIN

Menotti

Donato                                 Mario Petri

Sua Madre                 Adriana Lazzarini

Agata                           Jolanda Gardino

Maria Golovin                  Clara Petrella

Trottolo'                           Lorenzo Muti

Dottor Zuckertanz                Luigi Alva

Prigioniero Di Guerra         Dino Dondi

Conductor                     Nino Sanzogno

Director                   Gian Carlo Menotti

Designer                         Alain Reynaud

18, 21, 28, 30 December 1958, 3, 18 January 1959

MOSÉ

Rossini

Moise                             Boris Christoff

Elisero                             Aldo Bertocci

Pharaon                  Giangiacomo Guelfi

                           Giovanni Ciminelli (6)

Amenophis                 Gianni Raimondi

                        Pier Miranda Ferraro (6)

Aufide                           Piero De Palma

Osiride                          Nicola Zaccaria

Marie                         Adriana Lazzarini

Anai                         Margherita Roberti

Sinaide                    Giulietta Simionato

                           Margherita Rinaldi (6)

Una Voce Misteriosa       Lorenzo Testi

Conductor          Gianandrea Gavazzeni

Director                           Mario Frigerio

Designer                          Nicola Benois

29 December 1958, 1, 5, 7 January 1959

ERACLE

Handel

Hercules                            Jerome Hines

Dejanira                         Fedora Barbieri

Hyllus                              Franco Corelli

Iole                    Elisabeth Schwarzkopf

Licha                           Ettore Bastianini

Sacerdote di Giove       Agostino Ferrin

1. Trachinian                 Vittorio Tatozzi

Erastia                    Adriana Macchiaioli

Conductor               Lovro von Matacic

Director                             Herbert Graf

Designer                               Piero Zeffi

10, 13, 17, 22, 25, 27 January, 14, 19, 22 February, 12, 15, 21, 26 March, 22, 25 April, 9, 11, 14, 16 July 1959

LA BOHÈME

Puccini

Rodolfo                      Gianni Raimondi

             Doro Antonioli (3(after Act 1))

        Giuseppe Di Stefano (4, 5, 14, 15)

                     Giseppe Campora (7, 8, 9)

     Gianni Poggi (11, 12, 13, 16, 17, 18)

                                      Gianni Jaia (19)

Marcello                      Ettore Bastianini

           Rolando Panerai (10, 11, 12, 13)

                                Tito Gobbi (16, 17)

                            Anselmo Colzani (18)

Schaunard                       Enzo Sordello

Dino Mantovani (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)

                      Giorgio Giorgetti (16, 17)

                       Umberto Borghi (18, 19)

Colline                           Boris Christoff

Giseppe Modesti (4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 14, 15, 16, 17, 19)

                                        Carlo Cava (8)

           Niccola Zaccaria (10, 11, 12, 13)

                                       Ivo Vinco (18)

Benoit                               Carlo Badioli

                                Giorgio Tadeo (12)

Alcindoro                        Giorgio Tadeo

         Virgilio Carbonari (16, 17, 18, 19)

Mimi'                               Renata Scotto

         Cessy Broggini (9, 10, 11, 12, 13)

                               Gabriella Tucci (16)

                  Rosanna Carteri (17, 18, 19)

Musetta                          Mariella Adani

            Ivana Tosini (7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)

                    Edda Vincenzi (13, 16, 17)

                 Giuliana Tavolaccini (18, 19)

Parpignol                  Florindo Andreolli

                 Enzo Guagni (16, 17, 18, 19)

Sergente dei Doganieri                                   Giuseppe Morresi

                        Vittorio Tatozzi (12, 13)

       Giuseppe Costariol (16, 17, 18, 19)

Doganiere                             Carlo Forti

             Carlo Gasperini (12, 13, 14, 15)

Conductor                    Antonino Votto

Antonio Tonini (10, 11, 12, 13, 18, 19)

Director                         Carlo Maestrini

Designer                          Nicola Benois

19, 23, 26, 30 January, 3 February 1959

DON PASQUALE

Donizetti

Don Pasquale             Sesto Bruscantini

                                    Carlo Badioli (5)

Malatesta                     Rolando Panerai

Ernesto                                  Luigi Alva

Norina                          Graziella Sciutti

Un Notaio                Florindo Andreolli

Conductor                     Nino Sanzogno

Director                        Franco Zeffirelli

Designer                       Franco Zeffirelli

2, 4, 7, 11, 15 February 1959

THE BARTERED BRIDE

Smetana

Kruscina                      Rolando Panerai

Ludmila                     Fiorenza Cossotto

Marjenka                         Cesy Broggini

Mika                                     Carlo Cava

Hata                            Gina Consolandi

Vascek                           Piero De Palma

Yenik                    Giuseppe Di Stefano

                             Nicola Nikolov (4, 5)

Kezal                           Andrea Mongelli

Capo Comico                   Mario Ferrara

Indiano                      Giuseppe Morresi

Esmeralda                        Edith Martelli

Conductor               Lovro von Matacic

Designer                 Bohumil Herlischka

Designer                                  Teo Otto

12, 16, 21, 24 February, 1 March 1959

DER FLIEGENDE HOLLÄNDER

Wagner

Daland                         Arnold Van Mill

Senta                                Birgit Nilsson

Erik                      Howard Vandenburg

                              Bernd Aldenhoff (2)

                            Ernest Kozub (3, 4, 5)

Mary                                 Ruth Siewert

Pilota Di Daland             Murray Dickie

Olandese                            Hans Hotter

                   Tomislav Neralic (2, 3, 4, 5)

Conductor           Hans Knappertsbusch

Director                                Adolf Rott

Designer                       Robert Kautsky

25, 28 February, 3, 5, 8, 11, 22 March, 12, 16, 19 April 1959

ERNANI

Verdi

Ernani                              Franco Corelli

          Pier Miranda Ferraro (6, 7, 9, 10)

Don Carlo                   Ettore Bastianini

                              Dino Dondi (3, 7, 9)

                               Cornell MacNeil (4)

Silva                      Nicola Rossi Lemeni

       Nicola Zaccaria (3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10)

Elvira                       Margherita Roberti

                                 Claudia Parada (7)

Giovanna              Bianca Maria Casoni

Don Riccardo                Piero De Palma

Jago                        Alfredo Giacomotti

Conductor          Gianandrea Gavazzeni

Director                       Günther Rennert

Designer                          Nicola Benois

20, 23, 25 March, 4, 7 April 1959

A LIFE FOR THE TSAR

Glinka

Sussanin                         Boris Christoff

Antonida                         Renata Scotto

Sobinin                       Gianni Raimondi

Vania                         Fiorenza Cossotto

Capo Esercito Polacco  Vittorio Tatozzi

Martino                   Alfredo Giacomotti

Conductor                          Efrem Kurtz

Director                        Tatiana Pavlova

Designer                          Nicola Benois

9, 15, 18, 20, 23, 26 April, 3, 10, 13 May, 21, 23, 25 July 1959

CARMEN

Bizet

Don José                          Franco Corelli

                   Mario Del Monaco (7, 8, 9)

                           Angelo Lo Forese (10)

                Giuseppe Di Stefano (11, 12)

Escamillo               Giangiacomo Guelfi

                       Ettore Bastianini (10, 11)

                            Anselmo Colzani (12)

Dancairo                       Arturo La Porta

                         Armando Manelli (8, 9)

               Virgilio Carbonari (10, 11, 12)

Remendado                   Piero De Palma

         Franco Ricciardi (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)

Zuniga                      Antonio Cassinelli

Morales                            Lorenzo Testi

Carmen                   Giulietta Simionato

                             Gloria Lane (8, 9, 12)

Micaela                    Aureliana Beltrami

                               Renata Scotto (6, 7)

                                  Ivana Tosini (8, 9)

                                Gabriela Tucci (10)

                         Angela Vercelli (11, 12)

Frasquita                   Lydia Marimpietri

            Vittorina Magnaghi (10, 11, 12)

Mercedes                Biancamaria Casoni

                              Anna Maria Rota (9)

                    Luisa Ribacchi (10, 11, 12)

Conductor                     Nino Sanzogno

                   Lovro von Matacic (10, 11)

                               Antonio Tonini (12)

Director                         Nino Sanzogno

Designer                          Nicola Benois

                              Georges Wakhevitch

14, 17, 21, 27 April, 2 May 1959

IL TABARRO

Puccini

Michele                       Ettore Bastianini

                              Aurelio Oppicelli (5)

Luigi                          Angelo Lo Forese

                            Antonio Annaloro (5)

Tinca                          Rinaldo Pelizzoni

                             Angelo Mercuriali (4)

Talpa                         Virgilio Carbonari

Giorgetta                          Clara Petrella

Frugola                        Jolanda Gardino

Venditore Di Canzonette                                Franco Ricciardi

Conductor          Gianandrea Gavazzeni

Director                         Carlo Maestrini

Designer                     Giovanni Miglioli

SUOR ANGELICA

Puccini

Suor Angelica                    Sena Jurinac

Zia Principessa          Adriana Lazzarini

Badessa                         Mafalda Masini

Suora Zelatrice            Stefania Malagu'

Maestra Delle Novizie                                    Ortensia Beggiato

Suor Genovieffa            Edda Vincenzi

Suor Osmina                   Teresa Montez

Suor Dolcina                 Pinuccia Perotti

Le Cercatrici                    Teresa Querol

                         Adriana Macchiaioli (2)

Le Cercatrici               Armanda Bonato

Le Novizie               Antonietta Sighele

Le Converse                      Aida Stefani

Le Converse         Maria Luisa Pastorini

Conductor          Gianandrea Gavazzeni

Director                         Carlo Maestrini

Designer                                Ezio Rossi

GIANNI SCHICCHI

Puccini

Gianni Schicchi                    Tito Gobbi

Lauretta                           Renata Scotto

Zita                               Mafalda Masini

Rinuccio                     Gianni Raimondi

                                 Doro Antonioli (5)

Gherardo                       Piero De Palma

Nella                         Lydia Marimpietri

Gherardino                    Vincenzo Festa

Betto Di Signa                Giorgio Tadeo

Simone                       Paolo Montarsolo

Marco                           Orazio Gualtieri

Ciesca                         Armanda Bonato

Spinelloccio                      Carlo Badioli

Notaio                       Virgilio Carbonari

Pinellino                        Giuseppe Nessi

Guccio                           Carlo Gasperini

Conductor          Gianandrea Gavazzeni

Director                         Carlo Maestrini

Designer                          Vieri Vagnetti

28, 30 April, 4, 6 May 1959

TRISTAN UND ISOLDE

Wagner

Tristano              Wolfgang Windgassen

Isotta                                Birgit Nilsson

Re Marke                            Hans Hotter

Kurvenal                   Gustav Neidlinger

Melot                              Claude Heater

Brangania           Hilde Roessel-Majdan

Un Pastore                      Murray Dickie

Un Marinaio                  Anton Dermota

Pilota                             Costantino Ego

Conductor             Herbert von Karajan

Director                 Wolf-Dieter Ludwig

Designer                          Nicola Benois

5, 8, 16, 20 May 1959

ASSASSINIO NELLA CATTEDRALE

Pizzetti

Arcivescovo          Nicola Rossi Lemeni

Un Araldo                       Aldo Bertocci

Primo Sacerdote                Mario Ortica

Secondo Sacerdote             Dino Dondi

Terzo Sacerdote         Adolfo Cormanni

Primo Tentatore         Rinaldo Pelizzoni

Secondo Tentatore   Antonio Cassinelli

Terzo Tentatore             Nicola Zaccaria

Quarto Tentatore                Lino Puglisi

Prima Corifea                Gianna Maritati

Seconda Corifea       Gabriella Carturan

Primo Cavaliere         Rinaldo Pelizzoni

Secondo Cavaliere           Enrico Campi

Terzo Cavaliere             Silvio Maionica

Quarto Cavaliere         Marco Stefanoni

Conductor          Gianandrea Gavazzeni

Director               Margherita Wallmann

Designer                               Piero Zuffi

11, 14, 17, 19, 23, 26, 31 May, 2 June 1959

IL TROVATORE

Verdi

Conte Di Luna            Ettore Bastianini

Leonora                   Margherita Roberti

                           Maria Luisa Mache (8)

Azucena                  Giulietta Simionato

                             Fedora Barbieri (5, 6)

                                Elena Nicolai (7, 8)

Manrico                           Franco Corelli

Ferrando                        Nicola Zaccaria

Ines                             Stefania Malagu'

Ruiz                             Franco Ricciardi

Un Vecchio Zingaro             Carlo Forti

Un Messo                  Angelo Mercuriali

Conductor                    Antonino Votto

Director                           Mario Frigerio

Designer                    Aleksandr Benois

21, 24, 27, 30 May, 4 June 1959

FRANCESCA DA RIMINI

Zandonai

Francesca                       Magda Olivero

Samaritana                    Pinuccia Perotti

Ostasio                             Enrico Campi

Gianciotto              Giangiacomo Guelfi

                        Giampiero Malaspina (5)

Paolo                        Mario Del Monaco

Malatestino                    Piero De Palma

Biancofiore               Lydia Marimpietri

Garsenda                        Edda Vincenzi

Adonella                     Anna Maria Rota

Altichiara                Biancamaria Casoni

Smaragdi                  Gabriella Carturan

Ser Toldo                  Angelo Mercuriali

Giullare                     Virgilio Carbonari

                               Dino Mantovani (5)

Balestriere                      Athos Cesarini

Torrigiano                  Giuseppe Morresi

Prigioniero                 Rinaldo Pelizzoni

Conductor          Gianandrea Gavazzeni

Director                         Carlo Maestrini

Designer                    Attilio Colonnello

18, 22 July 1959

LA FIGLIA DEL RE

Adriano Lualdi

Damara                            Nora De Rosa

Ariuna                       Antonio Annaloro

Svarga                                 Dino Dondi

Tahana                          Agostino Ferrin

Primo Cantore           Adolfo Cormanni

Primo Giudice                  Lorenzo Testi

Drona                         Rinaldo Pelizzoni

Soldato                      Angelo Mercuriali

Conductor                     Adriano Lualdi

Director                           Mario Frigerio

Designer                          Nicola Benois