Performance History
The US premiere took place at the Academy of Music in Philadelphia on 27 October 1852 followed on 3 June 1858 by the first UK presentation at Her Majesty's Theatre in London. Following its initial six performances during the 1929/30 season at the Metropolitan Opera in New York, the opera was not given again until 1968, and then periodically during the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s for a total of 86 performances, the last of which was in the 2006 season. A 1979 performance is now on DVD.
Three opera companies, which plan to present all of Verdi's operas before the bi-centenary of his birth in 2013, have given or plan to give this opera. The Sarasota Opera presented Luisa Miller in 1999; the Teatro Regio di Parma gave it in October 2007 as part of their on-going "Festival Verdi"; and the ABAO in Bilbao, Spain, has yet to schedule it.
In Australia, Melbourne City Opera performed an "in concert" version in September 2009. In April/May 2010, a new production of the Zurich Opera House included Barbara Frittoli as Luisa, Fabio Armiliato as Rodolfo and Leo Nucci as Miller.
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