Death of Amalia in act 5 of Schiller's play, Die Räuber
Librettist
Andrea Maffei
Language
Italian
Based on
Friedrich von Schiller's Die Räuber
Premiere
22 July 1847 (1847-07-22)
Her Majesty's Theatre, London
I masnadieri (The Bandits or The Robbers) is an opera in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian libretto by Andrea Maffei, based on the play Die Räuber by Friedrich von Schiller.
As Verdi became more successful in Italy, he began to receive offers from other opera houses outside the country. The London impresario Benjamin Lumley had presented Ernani in 1845 and, as a result of its success, commissioned an opera from the composer which became I masnadieri. It was given its first performance at Her Majesty's Theatre on 22 July 1847 with Verdi conducting the first two performances.
While reasonably successful there and in Italy up to the mid-1860s, the opera disappeared for about ninety years until revived in 1951. It has been staged and filmed several times in the 21st century.
Imasnadieri (The Bandits or The Robbers) is an opera in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian libretto by Andrea Maffei, based on the play Die Räuber...
sensation. It later became the basis for Verdi's opera of the same name, Imasnadieri. The plot revolves around the conflict between two aristocratic brothers...
Rome 1585 (Italian: Imasnadieri), also known as The Mercenaries, is a 1961 Italian epic adventure film co-written and directed by Mario Bonnard and starring...
sang the role of Amalia at the Washington Concert Opera for Verdi's IMasnadieri in which she "achieved total triumph as Amalia, the trill-filled part...
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of singing. During the 1980s, Sutherland added Anna Bolena, Amalia in Imasnadieri, and Adriana Lecouvreur to her repertoire, and repeated Esclarmonde at...
Coletti created two Verdi roles: Gusmano in Alzira and Francesco in Imasnadieri. Verdi revised the role of Germont in La traviata for Coletti, whose...
Foresto.", Financial Times ) and in June/July 2019 he performed Carlo in Imasnadieri to great critical acclaim ("The Herculean Fabio Sartori packed a mighty...
suitable baritone was not available. In 1845, before it was determined that Imasnadieri was to be the opera presented in London, the composer had contracted...
lay this letter on my heart when they bury me." Verdi had completed Imasnadieri for London by May 1847 except for the orchestration. This he left until...
Source: Abigaille, Nabucco (Verdi) Alaide, La straniera (Bellini) Amalia, Imasnadieri (Verdi) Aminta, Die schweigsame Frau (Richard Strauss) Anne, The Rake's...
Faust. Other dramatic roles have included Verdi's Nabucco, Don Carlo, Imasnadieri, I Lombardi and Jérusalem, as well as Offenbach's Tales of Hoffmann (portraying...
following passage from the libretto by Andrea Maffei for Giuseppe Verdi's Imasnadieri has been called "musical stichomythia", though it does not contain repetition...
him an 'original' or 'provocative' idea". Writing to Piave, he added that "I don't want any of those everyday subjects that one can find by the hundreds...
Giovanna d'Arco (1845) Alzira (1845) Attila (1846) Macbeth (1847/65) I masnadieri (1847) Jérusalem (1847) Il corsaro (1848) La battaglia di Legnano (1849)...
Filippo Coletti, creator of Verdi's Gusmano in Alzira, Francesco in Imasnadieri, Germont in the second version of La traviata and for whom Verdi considered...
London. In July 1847, Lind starred in the world première of Verdi's opera Imasnadieri at Her Majesty's Theatre, under the baton of the composer. During her...
Stuarda, Maria Stuarda (Donizetti) Ophélie, Hamlet (Thomas) Amalia, Imasnadieri (Verdi) Anna Bolena, Anna Bolena (Donizetti) The Countess, Capriccio...
condemnation. In this tomb that was opened for you I entered secretly. Here, away from human sight, in your arms I wish to die." My Darlin' Aida at the Internet...
München (2013, 2014, 2015, 2017) London, Royal Opera House (2019) Verdi: Imasnadieri Carlo Filderstadt, Herbstliche Musiktage (2005) Verdi: Rigoletto Duca...
initially asked Francesco Maria Piave (with whom he had already created Ernani, I due Foscari, Macbeth, Il corsaro and Stiffelio) to examine the play Kean by...
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