is an opera composed by Riccardo Zandonai to an Italian libretto by Arturo Rossato. The opera is based on Swedish Nobel Prize-winning author Selma Lagerlöf's 1891 debut novel Gösta Berling's Saga. It was first performed at the Teatro alla Scala in Milan on 7 March 1925. The opera was staged in Nuremberg in 1929, and the Vereingigten Städtischen Bühnen Krefeld/Mönchengladbach presented a production by Tony Palmer in 1987.Luys, Thomas. West Germany - Zandonai rediscovered. Opera, October 1987, p1192-93.
Roles CastVoice typePremiere, 7 March 1925Conductor: – Arturo Toscanini) Giosta BerlingtenorFranco Lo GiudiceThe commandermezzo-sopranoElvira Mari-CasazzaAnnasopranoMaria Luisa FanelliAnna's mothermezzo-sopranoLina Lanza Sintram bassFernando AutoriCristiano baritoneBenvenuto FranciFuchs baritonePariso VottoEverardo baritoneAristide BaracchiWemburgo baritoneChase BaromeoSamzelius bassCarlo WalterBerencreuzbassAmleto GalliKristofferbassGiuseppe MenniLiecronatenorAlfredo TedeschiRutgertenorEmilio VenturiniKenvelleretenorGiovanni GenzardiRøstertenorPalmiro DomenichettiJuliustenorGiuseppe NessiHostessmezzo-sopranoIda MannariniA girl sopranoAnita Apolloni
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