Verdi, Giuseppe. (1813–1901) Simon Boccanegra

Verdi, Giuseppe. (1813–1901)

Simon Boccanegra

Venezia: Tipografia Teresa Gattei. 1857. First edition, first issue. Libretto in tre atti e un prologo di F. M. Piave per musica espressamente composta dal Maestro Giuseppe Verdi...da eseguirsi Nel Gran Teatro La Fenice. With the cast list including Leone Giraldoni, Luigia Bendazzi, Giuseppe Echeverria, Carlo Negrini, Giacomo Vercellini and Andrea Bellini. Text on pp. [5] - 40. 11.5 x 17 cm. Original green wrappers in unusually fine and well-preserved condition, very fine throughout. An extremely rare libretto, issued for the work's premiere and predating any printed issues of the music.

Worldcat records only one copy. Fuld p. 303 (illustrated, same with alternate color wrapper); Chusid, p. 142.

Based on the play Simón Bocanegra (1843) by Antonio García Gutiérrez, Verdi's opera to an Italian libretto by Francesco Maria Piave was first performed at Teatro La Fenice, Venice on 12 March 1857. (6688)

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