Edgar

from Giacomo Puccini


Edgar
Lyric drama in four - subsequently three - acts

Libretto

Ferdinando Fontana (after Alfred de Musset)

Premiere

in four acts: 31 April 1889, Milan (La Scala)
in three acts: 28 February 1892, Ferrara (Teatro Comunale)

Cast

EDGAR (tenor)
WALTER (bass)
FIDELIA (soprano)
ERANK (baritone)
TIGRANA (mezzo-soprano)

CHORUS
warriors, monks, peasants

Place

Flanders

Time

1302

Composer

Puccini, Giacomo