Record ID:
109199
Accession number:
GWM M7
Creator:
Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901.
Title:
Macbeth : tragedia lirica in 4 atti / musica del Maestro Giuseppe Verdi ; da rappresentare nel gran Teatro La Fenice nel Carnovale 1847-48.
Uniform title:
Macbeth. Libretto
Published:
Venezia : Tipografia Rizzi, 1847.
Notes:
Libretto by F.M. Piave and A. Maffei, after Shakespeare. Cf. New Grove.
T.p.: p. [1]; "Professori d'orchestra": p. [3]; "Personaggi" and "Attori": p. [4].
The singers listed under "Attori" are: "N.N.," Felice Varesi, Fulvio Rigo, Annetta De-la-Grang [sic], Rosa Maria Zambellide, Antonio Palma, Angelo Zuliani, "N.N.," Andrea Bellini, Eugenio Monzani, and Giuseppe Tona.
Probable first edition for the first performance of the opera in Venice.
Associated names:
Piave, Francesco Maria, 1810-1876, librettist.
Maffei, Andrea, 1798-1885, librettist.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Macbeth.
Martin, George Whitney, former owner.
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