PETRELLA, Errico 1813-1877

Giovanna di Napoli drama Lirico in un prologo e tre atti di Antonio Ghislanzoni musica del maestro Errico Petrella da rappresentarsi al Regio Teatro di Torino il Carnevale 1869-70. [Libretto]

Milano: Coi Tipi di Francesco Lucca, [1869].

Small octavo. Original publisher's green printed wrappers with titling within decorative border. 1f. (verso title, recto publisher's note), 1f. (recto named cast list, verso blank), [5]-40 pp.

Cast list includes Teresa Stolz, Giuseppe Fancelli, Carlo Trivero, Albina Contarini, Cesare Melzi, Antonio Cotogni, Angelina Zamboni, Giuseppe Marchetti, and Rafaele Angiolini.

Slightly worn and browned; occasional minor foxing.

Giovanna di Napoli, to a libretto by Antonio Ghislanzoni, premiered in Naples at the Teatro San Carlo on 27 February 1869.

The present libretto was published for a performance at the Royal Theater in Turin; there was another performance at the Teatro della Pergola in Florence during the same 1869-70 Carnivale season, represented by a libretto held at the Library of Congress, also published by F. Lucca in Milan.

Item #31713

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