Margherita d'Anjou

Margherita d'Anjou
Giacomo Meyerbeer
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Margherita d’Anjou is an operatic melodramma semiseria in two acts by Giacomo Meyerbeer. The Italian libretto was by Felice Romani after a text by René Charles Guilbert de Pixérécourt. It is the fourth of Meyerbeer's Italian operas and his first real success.

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Performance history

Margherita d’Anjou was first given at La Scala on 14 November 1820. It was successful and was subsequently performed throughout Europe in Italian, French and German. The French version, premiered at the Theatre Odéon in Paris on 3 November 1826 is a major revision with added music from other works by the composer. It was given in New Orleans on 17 April 1854. There was a concert performance at the Royal Festival Hall, London, in November 2002.

Roles

Role Voice type Premiere Cast, November 14, 1820
(Conductor: - )
Margherita soprano Clementina Pellegrini
Isaura mezzo-soprano Rosa Mariani
Duke of Lavarenne tenor Nicola Tacchinardi
Carlo Belmonte bass Nicolas-Prosper Levasseur
Michele Gamautte bass Nicola Bassi
Gertrude soprano Paola Monticelli
Bellapunta tenor Pietro Gentili
Orner bass
Riccardo bass

Recordings

There is a recording made in 2002, published by Opera Rara ORC 25.

References

Sources

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