Libretto
Francesco Maria Piave
Premiere
22 November 1862, St Petersburg (Imperial Bolshoi Theatre)
Cast
IL MARCHESE DI CALATRAVA (bass)
LEONORA (soprano)
DON CARLO DI VARGAS (baritone)
DON ALVARO (tenor)
PREZIOSILLA (mezzo-soprano)
FATHER SUPERIOR (bass)
FRA MELITONE (baritone)
CURRA (soprano)
ALCALDE (bass)
MASTRO TRABUCO (tenor)
SPANISH MILITARY SURGEON (tenor)
CHORUS
muleteers, Spanish and Italian peasants, Spanis and Italian soldiers, Franciscan friars, peasant girls
Place
Time
Middle of the 18th century