What is I Shardana?
{{italictitle}} '''''I Shardana''''' is an [[Italy|Italian]] [[opera]] in three acts, with [[music]] and [[libretto]] by [[Ennio Porrino]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://operabase.com/visual.cgi?is=opera&by=Porrino |title=Statistics: works by Porrino |author= |date= |website= |publisher=Operabase |accessdate=16 November 2015 |archive-date=10 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150910010145/http://operabase.com/visual.cgi?is=opera&by=Porrino |url-status=dead }}</ref> It was first performed in [[Naples]], on March 8, 1959.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.operalibera.net/joomla/approfondimenti/939-i-shardana-opera-sopravvalutata-o-capolavoro&prev=search |title=I SHARDANA: OPERA SOPRAVVALUTATA O CAPOLAVORO? |author=Simone Ricci |date= |website= |publisher= |accessdate=16 November 2015 }}{{Dead link|date=January 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> It is by far Porrino's most successful work.<ref name=DSES>{{cite web |url=http://www.emigratisardi.com/news/articoli/articolo/2013/settembre/i-shardana-di-ennio-porrino-una-grande-opera-lirica-dimenticata.html |title=I SHARDANA di Ennio Porrino, una grande opera lirica “dimenticata” |author= |date= |website= |publisher=Disterraus Sardus Emigrati sardi |accessdate=16 November 2015}}</ref> It has recently been re[[Wikt:discovered|discovered]].<ref name=DSES/> ==Principal characters== * Gonnario - [[bass (vocal range)|bass]] * Nibatta - [[mezzo-soprano]] * Torbeno - [[tenor]] * Bèrbera Jonia - [[soprano]] * Norace - [[baritone]] * Perdu - tenor * Orzocco - baritone ==Discography== * 1960: Ferruccio Mazzoli (Gonnario), Oralia Dominguez (Nibatta), Gastone Limarilli (Torbeno), Marta Pender (Bèrbera Jonia), Piero Guelfi (Norace), Antonio Galiè (Perdu), Vinicio Cocchieri (Orzocco); Orchestra Sinfonica e Coro di Roma della RAI, Armando La Rosa Parodi - (Decca) * 2013: Manrico Signorini (Gonnario), Alessandra Palomba (Nibatta), Angelo Villari (Torbeno), Paoletta Marrocu (Bèrbera Jonia), Domenico Balzani (Norace), Gabriele Mangione (Perdu), Gi