Francesca da Rimini

Francesca da Rimini

148 mins | Music | April 7, 1984

Live performance at the Metropolitan Opera, 1984. James Levine conducting Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus. Stage direction by Piero Faggioni.

Francesca da Rimini

148 mins | Music | April 7, 1984

Francesca da Rimini
Live performance at the Metropolitan Opera, 1984. James Levine conducting Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus. Stage direction by Piero Faggioni.
Producers The Metropolitan Opera
Original title Francesca da Rimini
Directors Piero Faggioni, Brian Large
Writers Tito Ricordi, Gabriele D'Annunzio

Cast

Renata Scotto

as Francesca

Plácido Domingo

as Paolo Malatesta

Cornell MacNeil

as Gianciotto

Richard Fredricks

as Ostasio

Nicole Lorange

as Samaritana

William Lewis

as Malatestino

Gail Robinson

as Garsenda

Natalia Rom

as Biancofiore

Claudia Catania

as Adonella

Gail Dubinbaum

as Altichiara

Isola Jones

as Smaragdi

Anthony Laciura

as Ser Toldo Berardengo

John Gilmore

as An Archer

Brian Schexnayder

as Simonetto

John Darrenkamp

as Berlingerio

John Bills

as A Prisoner

James Levine

as Conductor