Performance History
The 1848 premiere in Trieste was conducted by Luigi Ricci, who later became the teacher, and later still the brother-in-law, of Teresa Stolz, who had a long and possibly romantic association with Verdi.
In modern times, the opera is very much a rarity. It was given its first performances in Britain (London) in March 1966 and in the USA in December 1981.
It was presented as part of a Verdi Festival by the San Diego Opera in 1982 with Rosalind Plowright and June Anderson, and in 2004 by the Sarasota Opera as part of its "Verdi Cycle" of all of the composer's operas to be presented by 2016. Other companies have similar aims: the Teatro Regio di Parma presented it in 2008 as part of their "Festival Verdi", while another, the ABAO in Bilbao, Spain, has yet to schedule it.
In a concert versions, it was given by the Opera Orchestra of New York in March 2004, the Liceu Barcelona, and the Royal Opera, London in June 1996, Corrado having been sung by José Cura.
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