What is Riccardo III?
{{italictitle}} [[File:Luigi Canepa - Riccardo III - titlepage of the libretto - Milan 1879.png|thumb|Poster for ''Riccardo III'']] '''''Riccardo III''''' is an [[Italy|Italian]] [[opera]] in four acts, [[music]] by [[Luigi Canepa]] and [[libretto]] by Fulvio Fulgonio, after [[William Shakespeare]]'s play ''[[Richard III (play)|Richard III]]''. It was first performed in [[Milan]], on November 10, 1879. ==Principal characters== * Riccardo III - [[bass (vocal range)|bass]] * Rismondo - [[tenor]] * Scroop - [[baritone]] * Rutlando - comprimary tenor * Elisabetta, queen - [[soprano]] or [[mezzo-soprano]] * Elisabetta, daughter - soprano ==Discography== * 1962: Nicola Rossi-Lemeni (Riccardo III), Franco Bonisolli (Rismondo), Walter Alberti (Scroop), Tommaso Frascati (Rutlando), Lucilla Udovich (Regina), Antonietta Pastori (Elisabetta); Corale “Luigi Canepa” Sassari, Orchestra dell’Ente Concerti “Marialisa de Carolis”, Nino Bonavolontà - (Opera d'Oro, later Decca) ==Sources== * ''The Complete Dictionary of Opera & Operetta'', James Anderson, Wings Books, 1993. [[Category:1870s operas]] [[Category:1879 works]]