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Franco Corelli FRANCO CORELLI THE PERFORMANCE ANNALS 1951-1981 EDITED BY Frank Hamilton © 2003 http://FrankHamilton.org [email protected] sources Gilberto Starone’s performance annals form the core of this work; they were published in the book by Marina Boagno, Fr anco Corelli : Un Uomo, Una Voce, Azzali Editori s.n.c., Parma, 1990, and in English translation Fr anco Corelli : A Man, A Voice, Baskerville Publishers, Inc., Dallas, 1996. They hav ebeen merged with information from the following sources: Richard Swift of New York and Michigan has provided dates and corrections from his direct correspodence with the theatres and other sources: Bologna (Letter from Teatro Comunale: 5/16/86); Bussetto (see Palermo); Catania (L: Teatro Massimo Bellini: 5/26/86); Enghien-les- Bains (see Napoli); Genoa (L: L’Opera de Genoa: 5/13/86); Hamburg (L: Hamburgische Staatsoper: 5/15/86); Lausanne (L: Theatre Municipal, Lausanne: 5/12/86); Lisbon (L: Teatro Nacional São Carlos: 1986); Livorno (L: Comune di Livorno: 5/31/87); Madrid (L: Teatro Nacional de La Zarzuela: 1/26/87); Modena (L: Comune di Modena: 10/16/87); Napoli (Il Mondo Lirico); Nice (L: Opera de Nice: 5/2/86, 8/5/88); Palermo (L: Teatro Massimo: 6/10/86, 10/13/88); Piacenza (L: Comune di Piacenza u. o. Teatro Municipale: 6/10/86); Rome (Opera Magazine); Rovigo (L: Accademia dei Concordi, Rovigo: 11/11/86, 2/12/87); San Remo (L: Comune di San Remo: 11/8/86); Seattle (Opera News 11/1967); Trieste (L: Teatro Comunale: 4/30/86). The following reference books are listed alphabetically by venue. They were borrowed primarily from two sources — it is with the deepest appreciation and gratitude that I acknowledge Robert Rideout of New York for lending his books, and Thomas G. Kaufman of Baltimore for having me as a guest in his home while I worked from his library. • Il Teatro Comunale di Adria : Storia e cronologia 1935-1996: / a cura di Paolo Padoan e Leopoldo Mosca: Edizioni del TIMAClub CLAMA (Compact Disc) CD-32, 1997 • Anuari 1947-1997 del Gran Teatre del Liceu: Pau Nadal: Barcelona, Amics del Liceu 1997. • Il Teatro Donizetti [Bergamo] : Cronologia degli spettacoli 1786-1989.: Ermanno Comuzio: Lucchetti Editore, Bergamo, 1990. • ABAO Asociacion Bilbaina de Amigos de la Opera 1953-1978: Amigos de la Opera, Bilbão 1979. • Due secoli di vita musicale : Storia del Teatro Comunale di Bologna : Repertorio critico degli spettacoli e delle esecuzioni musicali dal 1763 al 1966 : Volume secondo: Sergio Paganelli: a cura di Lamberto Trezzini: Edizioni Alfa, Bologna 1966. • Dall’Accademia all’Istituzione : Settant’anni di musica a Cagliari: Ludovica Romagnino; Franco Masala, Tiziana Scalas: Istituzione dei concerti e del teatro lirico Cagliari 1994. • Musica, musicisti e teatri a Catania (dal mito alla cronaca): Domenico Danzuso; Giovanni Idonea: Publisicula Editrice, Palermo 1985. • Lyric Opera of Chicago: Claudia Cassidy: published by Lyric Opera of Chicago, 1979. • Fermo : Teatro dell’Aquila: Carlo Ferrari: 1977. • Il Maggio Musicale Fiorentino: Leonardo Pinzauti: Vallecchi Editore Firenze, 1967: Programmi e manifestazioni 1928-1967: a cura di Giorgio Ciarpaglini. • Teatro Comunale di Firenze : Maggio Musicale Fiorentino : Catalogo delle manifestazioni 1928-1997: Casa Editrice Le Lettere: progetto Aloma Bardi; a cura di Almoa Bardi e Mauro Conti; realizzazione Prescott Productions, Firenze: Volume I: Casa Editrice Le Lettere 1998. • Due secoli di lirica a Genova : Volume II (dal 1901 al 1960 e appendici fino al 1978): Edilio Frassoni: Cassa di Risparmio di Genova e Imperia, Genova 1980. • II Palcoscenici della Lirica : Cronologia del Falcone al Nuovo Carlo Felice 1645-1992: Roberto Iovino, I. Aliprandi, S. Licciardello, K. Tocchi: Sagep Editrice di Genova, 1993. • Coliseu dos Recreios : Um século de história Mário Moreau: Quetzal Editores, Lisboa 1994. • O Teatro de S. Carlos : Dois Séculos de História Volume II (Espectáculos Líricos 1793-1993): Mário Moreau: Hugin Editores, Lda., Lisboa 1999. • L’opera lirica a Livorno 1847-1999: dall’inaugurazione del Teatro Leopoldo al nuovo millennio: Fulvio Venturi: Circolo Masini / Debatte Editore, 2000 • Duecento anni di opera a Lugano : Giorgio Appolonia: Armando Dadò editore, Locarno : Ricerche Musicali nella Svizzera italiana 1996 • Lo spettacolo nei secoli a Messina «publica videbunt laeti spectacula cives»: Giuseppe Uccello: Publisicula Editrice, Palermo 1986. • The Greater Miami Opera : From Shoestring to Showpiece 1941-1985 : Robert Herman; Mary Voelz Chandler: Miami Opera Guild 1981 • L’archivio della Scala — LaScalaWeb, maggio 1996: Luigi Bianchi: http://www.lascala.milano.it; http://www.teatroallascala.org • La Scala 1946/1966: Edito dall’Ente Autonomo Teatro alla Scala è stato redatto da Franco Armani (executive editor); Dino Cassani (art director/layout), Mario Pasi; Giorgio Pecorini; Nilo Baroncini; Lorenzo Ricolfi; Riccardo Ronchetti: Teatro alla Scala, Milano 1966. • 1841-1991 Un Teatro, una storia : Centocinquant’anni di spettacoli al Teatro Comunale di Modena, Volume 2: a cura di Giuseppe Gherpelli: Edizione del Teatro Comunale di Modena, Modena 1992. • 1841-1991 Un Teatro, una storia : Centocinquant’anni di spettacoli al Teatro Comunale di Modena, Volume 2: a cura di Giuseppe Gherpelli: Edizione del Teatro Comunale di Modena, Modena 1992. • Opera International : Le Magazine de l’art lyrique : Special Monte-Carlo : Centenaire de al Salle Garnier (1879-1979): Supplément au 14 daté de Janvier 1979 • L’Opéra de Monte-Carlo 1879-1990 : Martine Mari: Champion-Slatkine: Editions Champion, Paris 1991 • Tr adition mit Zukunft : 100 Jahre Prinzreg ententheater München: Jürgen Schläder; Robert Braunmüller; mit einer Dokumentation von Cornelia Hofmann: G. Ricordi & Co. 1996 • Il Teatro di San Carlo : La cronologia 1737-1987: a cura di Carlo Marinelli Roscioni: Guida Editori, Napoli 1987. • Annals of the Metropolitan Opera : The Complete Chronicle of Performances and Artists : Chronology 1883-1985: Gerald Fitzgerald: G. K. Hall & Co., Boston 1989. • D’un siècle à l’autre : Opera de Nice 1885-1985: 1985 • Historia de la Opera en Oviedo 1948-1969: Luis Arrones Peón: Asociacion Asturiana de Amigos de la Opera, Oviedo 1985. • L’Opera a Palermo dal 1653 al 1987 : Volume secondo: L’Opera al Teatro Massimo dalle origini (1897) al 1987: Guido Leone: Publisicula Editrice, Palermo 1988. • Cronologia del Teatro Regio di Parma 1829-1999: Cronologia degli spettacoli lirici, a cura di Valerio Cervetti, Claudio Del Monte, Vincenzo Raffaele Segreto compilazione pagine Web: Luciana Pattini: http://archivio.biblcom.unipr.it/cronologia/index.htm • Cronologia delle manifestazioni di arte lirica in Pavia : nei trent anni di vita delle ‘‘Corale,, : Deh tretti dalle documentazione originale del Prof. Enrico Alegiani e de «La Provincia Pavese»: [from a printout, source unknown] • Opera in Philadelphia : A partial performance chronology: Frank Hamilton http://www.frankhamilton.org/ph • Il Teatro Municipale di Piacenza 1804-1984: Maria Giovanna Forlani: Cassa di Risparmio di Piacenza : Comune di Piacenzia, 1985. • I Teatri di Pisa 1773-1986: Gino dell’Ira: Giardini Editori e Stampatori 1987. • 50 anni di Opera Lirica alla Rai 1931-1980 : Le produzioni liriche delle Sedi di Milano, Napoli, Roma e Torino: Giorgio Gualerzi, Carlo Marinelli Roscioni: ERI/Edizioni RAI Radiotelevisione Italiana, Torino 1981. • Spettacoli nei Teatri e in altri Luoghi di Ravenna 1555-1977: Gaetano Ravaldini: University Press Bologna, 1978. • Teatro Municipale de Reggio Emilia : Opere in musica 1857-1976 : Volume 3, 1945-1976: a cura di Giannino Degani e Mara Grotti: Edizione del Teatro Municipale di Reggio Emilia, 1976. • Dal Costanzi all’Opera - Volume IV (Teatro dell’Opera Roma) : Cronologia completa degli spettacoli 1880-1960: Vittorio Frajese: Edizioni Capitolium, Roma 1978. • Cinquant’Anni del Teatro dell’Opera Roma 1928-1978: Jole Tognelli: Cronologia: a cura di Carlo Marinelli Roscioni: Edizioni d’Arte di Carlo E. Bestetti e C. s.a.s., 1979 • Il Teatro Sociale : Gli altri teatri e l’attività musicale a Rovigo: Leobaldo Traniello, Luigi Stocco: Minelliana, Rovigo 1970. • Die Salzburger Festspiele : Verzeichnis der Werke und der Künstler 1920-1990 Band III: Hans Jaklitsch: Residenz Verlag, Salzburg und Wien 1991. • San Francisco Opera : The First Thirty-Five Years: Joan Chatfield-Taylor: Chronicle Books, San Francisco 1997. • 1947-1996 50 Anni del Teatro Lirico Sperimentale ‘‘A. Belli’’ di Spoleto: Claudio Lepore, Davide Annachini, Anna Maria del Papa, Nadia Nigris, Mario Brunetti: Istituzione Teatro Lirico Sperimentale di Spoleto ‘‘A. Belli’’, 1996. • Il Nuovo Teatro Regio di Torino: Alberto Basso, Ennio Bassi, Valeria Gualerzi, Daniele Martino, Luciano Tamburini, Alberto Testa: Cassa di Rasparmio di Torino, 1991. • Il Comunale di Trieste: Vito Levi, Guido Botteri: Cronologia degli spettacoli 1801-1961: Ireneo Breminl: Del Bianco Editore, Udine 1962. • Il Teatro La Fenice : Cronologia degli spettacoli 1938-1991: Michele Girardi, Franco Rossi: Albrizzi Editore di Marsilio Editori s.p.a. in Venezia, 1992. • Arena di Verona, dal 1913 al 1977 : tra musica e cronaca: E.A. Arena di Verona, 1977. • Die Wiener Hoftheater (Staatstheater) / Teil 2: Die Wiener Hofoper (Staatsoper) 1811-1974: Bearbeitet von Franz Hadamowsky: Verlag Brüder Hollinek, Wien 1975. • Chronik der Wiener Staatsoper 1945 bis 1995 : Aufführungen • Besetzungen • Künstlerverzeichnis: zusammengestellt von Harald Hoyer: Verlag Anton Schroll & Co • Wien und München 1995. other sources + legend • Radmila Bakocˇe vic´ : Primadonna Assoluta:
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