Aroldo - Teatro Municipal di Piacenza (2003)
Discover this rare Verdian jewel! Aroldo—one of the composer’s least performed works—premiered in 1857 in Rimini, Italy. The work was created in response to the censorship of Verdi’s 1849 Stiffelio, whose tale of a protestant pastor publicly pardonning an adulterer and his wife proved too scandalous for 19th-century Italian society. In creating Aroldo, Verdi’s librettist and collaborator Francesco Maria Piave transposed Stiffelio’s story and characters to the more distant setting of Great Britain at time of the Crusades, and the composer took advantage of this new version to add a fourth act to the opera, and to rewrite part of the first act as well as a few arias.
Director: Pier Luigi Pizzi
Genre: Music
Runtime: 126 min
Release Date: October 13, 2003
Cast
- Gustavo Porta - Aroldo
- Adriana Damato - Mina
- Franco Vassallo - Egberto
- Enrico Giuseppe Iori - Briano
- Valter Borin - Godvino
- Antonio Feltracco - Enrico
- Miriam Artiaco - Elena
Original Language: en
More Films by Director: Pier Luigi Pizzi
More Films in Genre: Music
Frequently Asked Questions
- What is Aroldo - Teatro Municipal di Piacenza about?
- Discover this rare Verdian jewel! Aroldo—one of the composer’s least performed works—premiered in 1857 in Rimini, Italy. The work was created in response to the censorship of Verdi’s 1849 Stiffelio, whose tale of a protestant pastor publicly pardonning an adulterer and his wife proved too scandalous for 19th-century Italian society. In creating Aroldo, Verdi’s librettist and collaborator Francesco Maria Piave transposed Stiffelio’s story and characters to the more distant setting of Great Britain at time of the Crusades, and the composer took advantage of this new version to add a fourth act to the opera, and to rewrite part of the first act as well as a few arias.
- Who directed Aroldo - Teatro Municipal di Piacenza?
- Aroldo - Teatro Municipal di Piacenza was directed by Pier Luigi Pizzi.
- Who stars in Aroldo - Teatro Municipal di Piacenza?
- Aroldo - Teatro Municipal di Piacenza stars Gustavo Porta, Adriana Damato, Franco Vassallo, Enrico Giuseppe Iori, Valter Borin, Antonio Feltracco.
- How long is Aroldo - Teatro Municipal di Piacenza?
- Aroldo - Teatro Municipal di Piacenza has a runtime of 2h 6m (126 minutes).
- What genre is Aroldo - Teatro Municipal di Piacenza?
- Aroldo - Teatro Municipal di Piacenza is a Music film.