Francesca da Rimini
Opera in two tableaux with prologue and epilogue
Libretto
Modest Tschaikowski (after Dante)
Premiere
24 January 1906, Moscow (Bolshoi Theatre)
Cast
GHOST OF VIRGIL (baritone)
DANTE (tenor)
LANCIOTTO MALATESTA (baritone)
FRANCESCA (soprano)
PAOLO (tenor)
CARDINAL (silent)
CHORUS
spectres of hell, retinues of Cardinal and Malatesta
Place
Time
13th century